Exploring the efficacy and safety of cannabis in the management of fibromyalgia
Abstract
Fibromyalgia is a chronic health condition characterized by chronic pain fatigue, sleep disturbances and many other symptoms affecting a patient’s quality of life. Patients with fibromyalgia often visit rheumatology outpatients with a long list of symptoms and often receive multiple medications. Many have seen multiple specialists and have done a lot of reading about alternative modalities of treatment. The limited effectiveness of conventional therapy coupled with widespread media attention raises the question of cannabis use. This review examines the literature on cannabinoid use in fibromyalgia against the context of the international variation in legal frameworks, the available products and the outcomes reported. A detailed review was performed using the EMBASE and PUBMED databases. It was concluded that despite the interest in the use of cannabinoids in the management of fibromyalgia, there is insufficient evidence to prescribe the currently available licensed medicines or to recommend the complementary health products available for legal purchase. There is a need for more global clinical randomised trials to accurately determine medicinal cannabis short and long-term long efficacy and safety for its acute and chronic use.Citation
Sagdeo, A., Askari, A., Ball, P. and Morrissey, H. (2022) Exploring the efficacy and safety of cannabis in the management of fibromyalgia. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Review and Research, 14(1), pp. 27-30, doi:10.22159/ijcpr.2022v14i1.44109.Publisher
Innovare Academic SciencesJournal
International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Review and ResearchType
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Innovare Academic Sciences. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.22159/ijcpr.2022v14i1.44109ISSN
0975-7066ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.22159/ijcpr.2022v14i1.44109
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