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Cannabis for Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain

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Last updated on Oct 7, 2024

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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Research Overview

Animal Study

58

Animal Study -

1

Clinical Meta-analysis

8

Clinical Trial

11

Double Blind Clinical Trial

34

Laboratory Study

13

Meta-analysis

98

Meta-analysis -

2

Total studies

Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain

225

Positive

164 studies

73%

Inconclusive

36 studies

16%

Negative

25 studies

11%

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