{"id":3816,"date":"2015-02-04T21:07:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2015-02-04T21:07:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:07:05","slug":"cannabis-eases-chronic-pain-better-than-commonly-prescribed-opioids-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/cannabis-eases-chronic-pain-better-than-commonly-prescribed-opioids-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Helps reduce Chronic Discomfort Much Better Than Generally Recommended Opioids, Study Indicates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/cannabis-eases-chronic-pain-better-than-commonly-prescribed-opioids-study-suggests\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Cannabis can alleviate chronic discomfort better than conventional medications, according to a different study prone to flame the controversy around the medical utilization of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists in the Australian National Substance center discovered that patients with chronic discomfort who used the drug stated it reduced their signs and symptoms better opioid medicines, that are highly addictive and may cause accidental overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>The research analysed 1,500 patients, aged within their late 40s and early 50s, who experienced from conditions including back discomfort, migraines and joint disease, and appeared to be recommended with heavy-duty opioid medicines, for example morphine and oxycodone.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Louisa Degenhardt, in the National Substance Center and also the College of Melbourne brought the research. Her team learned that nearly 13 percent of the sufferers had used the illegal drug previously year on the top of the recommended medication.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, only 4.7 percent from the relaxation of people used cannabis, she authored within the journal &#038;#8216Drug and Alcohol Dependence&#038;#8217.<\/p>\n<p>&#038;#8220One in three stated they thought it was extremely effective to alleviate their discomfort, that&#038;#8217s a score of ten from ten,\u201d she told the Sydney Morning Herald. &#038;#8220Now they are all subjective scores, however it means there&#8217;s certainly someone who believe that taking it had been very advantageous.&#038;#8221<\/p>\n<p>Degenhart added the study elevated vital questions over whether cannabis ought to be more seriously investigated as supply of discomfort relief, along with the unwanted effects of medication, for example patient dependence.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Nicholas Lintzeris, the co-author from the study as well as an connect professor of addiction medicine in the College of Sydney, stated a large number of Aussies were seeking help for dependence on discomfort medicines, as doctors remain with little choice but to prescribe strong pain relievers. It was triggered by deficiencies in use of remedies for example massage, he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The findings come following a father who had been charged with allegedly giving his two-year-old daughter cannabis oil sparked a debate around the drug&#038;#8217s use within medicine this month.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/Marijuana-in-a-capsule-4-23-131.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/health-news\/cannabis-eases-chronic-pain-better-than-commonly-prescribed-opioids-study-suggests-10003330.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cannabis helps reduce chronic discomfort much better than generally recommended opioids, study indicates &#038;#8211 Health News &#038;#8211 Health &#038;amplifier Families &#038;#8211 The Independent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: Kashmira Gandar<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:newseditor@independent.co.uk\">newseditor@independent.co.united kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: None Found<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent  News  United kingdom and Worldwide News  Newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabis can alleviate chronic discomfort better than conventional medications, according to a different study prone to flame the controversy&#038;#8230 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/02\/cannabis-eases-chronic-pain-better-commonly-prescribed-opioids-study-suggests\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Find Out More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2329,9,1,3],"tags":[4896],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}