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Cannabis for Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain
Much is written about cannabis’s ability to treat chronic pain, but what about acute pain, which is sudden, sharp pain that lasts less than six months, or pain after surgery? Well, for immediate relief of extreme pain or pain due to surgery, cannabis is perhaps less useful than more powerful, numbing analgesics and opioids – areas where more powerful painkillers, steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are needed.
However, for post-surgery pain, cannabis may prove more useful and an excellent way to reduce or replace opioid intake.
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Animal Study
51
Clinical Meta-analysis
4
Double Blind Human Trial
17
Human Trial
3
Laboratory Study
12
Meta-analysis
71
Total studies
Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain
158
Positive
128 studies
81%
Inconclusive
24 studies
15%
Negative
6 studies
4%
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