Seven in 10 gynecologic cancer patients report medical cannabis helped ease their symptoms

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Consuming marijuana improved a cancer-related symptom for more than 70 per cent of study participants. — via TheGrowthOp

These patients “commonly experience nausea, vomiting, pain, anorexia and fatigue related to cancer-directed therapy or to their cancer itself, that may be treated with medical marijuana or synthetic cannabinoids,” authors write.

With 89 per cent of the patients receiving chemotherapy and 56 per cent undergoing primary treatment, more than 70 per cent reported improvement in nausea/vomiting compared to 36 per cent who were using it for pain relief. That said, 71 per cent of the 41 patients remaining in the latest study at follow-up reported that using MM had improved at least one of their symptoms.

 

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