An Italian researcher found that long-term use of various cannabis products, including herbal cannabis and oil extracts, may be linked to improvements in pain and other symptoms among patients with treatment-resistant fibromyalgia when taken in combination with their prescribed medications. For the study, the researchers used data from medical reports archived in the pain clinic
An Italian researcher found that long-term use of various cannabis products, including herbal cannabis and oil extracts, may be linked to improvements in pain and other symptoms among patients with treatment-resistant fibromyalgia when taken in combination with their prescribed medications.
For the study, the researchers used data from medical reports archived in the pain clinic of Ponderano, Italy. All in all, 35 patients with fibromyalgia were included in the analysis. Frequent comorbidities included vitamin D deficiency as well as hypertension, depression and lower back pain.
Among the patients included in the analysis, four patients vomited after consuming one sachet of the substance. Therapy was thus immediately stopped for these patients. Another patient experienced side effects including vertigo, palpitations, abdominal tension and nausea after one dose, and thus also discontinued the therapy immediately.
