Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis

The use of medical cannabis is increasing significantly throughout the United States in spite of limited and sometimes contradictory data about its effectiveness. Palliative care providers are being asked to consider cannabis as part of symptom-directed treatment regimens although many providers hav...

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Published inJournal of palliative medicine Vol. 22; no. 3; p. 319
Main Authors Briscoe, Joshua, Kamal, Arif H, Casarett, David J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2019
Subjects
cannabinoids
medical marijuana
medical cannabis
palliative care
symptom control
route of administration
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Summary:The use of medical cannabis is increasing significantly throughout the United States in spite of limited and sometimes contradictory data about its effectiveness. Palliative care providers are being asked to consider cannabis as part of symptom-directed treatment regimens although many providers have limited experience recommending medical cannabis and were trained before it was commercially available. This article seeks to dispel myths about medical cannabis and provides a balanced view of the benefits and burdens of this therapeutic option, providing evidence where it exists and offering practicing clinicians guidance on conditions in which medical cannabis is likely to be helpful or burdensome.
ISSN:1557-7740
DOI:10.1089/jpm.2018.0641