A new study finds that patients who used medical marijuana for three months improved on a variety of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures, including physical functioning, bodily pain, social functioning, fatigue and general health.<\/p>\n
\u201cGains were observed in all HRQoL domains assessed after three months of medical marijuana use,\u201d note authors from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Public Health Management Corporation, also in Philadelphia. In several measures, however\u2014including physical functioning and pain\u2014patients\u2019 age played a significant role, \u201cwith older participants displaying less improvement than younger participants.\u201d<\/p>\n
The longitudinal study, published in the Journal of Cannabis Research last week, followed 438 new medical cannabis patients who completed \u201csemi-structured interviews\u201d both before they began using cannabis and again three months into use. Most participants were recommended marijuana to treat either anxiety disorders (61.9 percent) or pain (53.6 percent).<\/p>\n
\u201cNew medical marijuana users experienced improvements across all domains of HRQoL over the first three months of medical marijuana use for any of the more than 20 qualifying medical conditions for use in\u201d Pennsylvania, the authors wrote. \u201cNotably, participants endorsed greater than 20 percent increases in ratings of their role limitations due to physical health problems and emotional problems, and in social functioning after three months of medical marijuana use.\u201d<\/p>\n
Researchers described the study as \u201cone of the largest longitudinal studies of quality of life in individuals using medical marijuana in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of medical marijuana for three months was associated with improvements in physical, social, emotional and pain-related HRQoL,\u201d it says<\/a>. \u201cOngoing surveillance of HRQoL in individuals with physical and mental health conditions can help to treat the \u2018whole person\u2019 and to capture any collateral impact of selected therapeutic approaches as treatment initiates and progresses. Results from this study can help patients, their caregivers, and their providers to make more informed and evidence-based decisions on whether to incorporate medical marijuana into their treatment regimens.\u201d<\/p>\n Lead study author Michelle Lent said<\/a> in a press release that her team\u2019s research captured how patients\u2019 \u201clives and health status changed after using these products. In the era of precision medicine, understanding which type of patient may benefit from which type of therapy is of high importance.\u201d<\/p>\n The study provides \u201cevidence to support greater access to, and coverage of, medical cannabis treatments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The research was funded by Pennsylvania medical cannabis provider Organic Remedies, Inc., which the paper says played \u201cno role in the study design, or in the analysis or interpretation of data.\u201d<\/p>\n This just in! #PCOM<\/a> Researchers published the results of one of the largest studies of health-related quality of life in individuals using #medicalmarijuana<\/a> in the US. Funded by #OrganicRemediesPA<\/a> as part of #ACRC<\/a> in PA. https:\/\/t.co\/v9Al2Aluf6<\/a> #JournalofCannabisResearch<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Organic Remedies (@Or_Remedies) September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The study comes on the heels of a new scientific review of research on the impacts of marijuana on inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn\u2019s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) that found that cannabinoid therapy helped reduce disease activity and improved quality of life in patients with the chronic diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n In March of this year, a separate study in the Journal of Health Research and Medical Science found that\u00a0\u201ccannabinoids show potential in improving disease activity\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a study out of Australia last year found that patients with chronic health conditions saw\u00a0significant improvements in overall quality of life and reductions in fatigue<\/a>\u00a0during the first three months of medical marijuana use.<\/p>\n \u201cPatients experiencing anxiety, depression, or chronic pain also improved in those outcomes over 3 months,\u201d that study found.<\/p>\n Findings of another study last year that examined marijuana\u2019s neurocognitive effects \u201csuggest that prescribed medical cannabis may have\u00a0minimal acute impact on cognitive function among patients with chronic health conditions<\/a>\u201d\u2014could be a relief to long-term cannabis patients who are concerned about potential neurological drawbacks of the drug.<\/p>\n Yet another study last year, published by the American Medical Association, found that the use of medical marijuana was associated with\u00a0\u201csignificant improvements\u201d in quality of life for people with chronic conditions<\/a>\u00a0like pain and insomnia\u2014and those effects were \u201clargely sustained\u201d over time.<\/p>\n Marijuana Use By Older Americans Has Nearly Doubled In The Last Three Years, AARP-Backed Study Shows<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Chris Wallis \/\/ Side Pocket Images.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Medical Marijuana Leads To \u2018Improvements In Physical, Social, Emotional And Pain-Related\u2019 Quality Of Life, Study Shows<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
A new study finds that patients who used medical marijuana for three months improved on a variety of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures, including physical functioning, bodily pain, social functioning, fatigue and general health. \u201cGains were observed in all HRQoL domains assessed after three months of medical marijuana use,\u201dContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,15462],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77852,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77851\/revisions\/77852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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