Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds

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Some people suffering pain from cancer and other chronic diseases turn to marijuana to ease their suffering, but much of that relief may come from simply believing weed will help, a new study found.

"The enormous power of the placebo helps explain why physicians continued to be useful, respected and highly honored members of society despite the painful, abhorrent, unscientific and often dangerous treatments they prescribed," wrote author Charmane Eastman, founding director of the Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

In fact, the optimistic attitude generated by a placebo can be powerful enough to affect study results dramatically. For example, the placebo effect can account forPartly to counter this effect, scientists do not consider a study's results significant until they rise above chance.The new research examined 20 studies using cannabis for pain control in over 1,450 people between the ages of 33 and 62.

In clinical trials where blinding was most successful — people had no idea which treatment they were getting — the placebo response was highest. Participants reported their pain to be moderate to significantly less intense after treatment with a placebo compared withA unique part of the study looked at the role of news and social media for the placebo effect in cannabis clinical trials, Jensen said.

 

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Its stinks

It brains damages you. All pain meds give relief. Its all temporary relief. It doesn't last.

Sort of like prayers I suppose.

... I BELIEVE it! (Haha)

Marijuana does relieve pain. FACT.

Study by Pfizer....take pills and vaccines. Marijuana is just imagination

No, I believed it would help and it didn't. It works in your brain as all are individual all effects are individual. Each person assesses its value for themselves. I prefer advil over Tylenol for headaches as I prefer naproxen for body aches. Everyone has their own opinion.

💩💩💩💩

I heard it helps with diarrhea. Will not stop it, but you wouldn’t care.

No it doesn’t.

That's any placebo effect not just mary j

Well, it helps my arthritic 100 lb labradoodle (CBD oil), and I haven't mentioned anything to him.. .

Placebos are very powerful

On the contrary - I did NOT 'believe' it would help. I did not believe it would do ANYTHING. Then I tried it. (pain cream) I was wrong.

I don't know I find in endurance sports and general exercise and muscle building cannabis helps you be able to go longer further harder without noticing you're challenging yourself

😀😀that’s the good one , CTV is complete garbage

I'm sure they really are motivated to prove that something that grows easily in the backyard could help . 💰

Big Pharma does not like natural cures!

This message brought to you by the junk food industry.

hard to feel pain when youre laughing the whole time I guess... lol

comes from ability Weed gives me to compartmentalize Insane amounts of pain and ignore it to get things done Shutting off Blinding make you puke pain like Working on a broken ankle set crooked for a month And 20 years of pain that followed Just is not possible for me wifhout

Protection from Covid 19 comes from the belief a vaccine helps! Come on do better stop spewing MISINFORMATION and report actual new, cover the hunter biden laptop cover the stolen election cover real news keep people up to date not propaganda

I guess your scientists are basing the same methods regarding the efficacy of the vaccine 😂😂😂😂

The study is mostly based on THC, while cannabidiol (CBD) is the cannabinoid that have the reputation to have such effects and appeared to be slightly more effective than placebos. What the study found is how good placebos are, and the conclusion says we need more studies on cbd

Journalism 🤡🤡 ...

Of course a lot is from the placebo effect. Most cannabis heads hate to hear anything negative about their beloved gmo plant.

Protection from covid vx comes from a belief it helps, experts say. Fixed it for you. You’re welcome. MSMIsTheVirus

Is this “study” by chance funded by the pharmaceutical companies🤔

‘This message brought to you by Pfizer’

Damn, they get to high they forget they're in pain.

More lies from CTV

Belief 🎵🎶🎵🎶

Info taken from New york times . Who believes anything they say anymore. CTV thought u were better than that.

CBD oil has been scientifically proven to reduce inflammation from arthritis. CTV news is at it again.

One minute all news and goverments says this is good that is good then next months to years oh no it is bad then back and forth , back and forth . Around and round where it stops none knows. Every single thing it always happens.Same as vaping story and birthday candles and on .

I can't stand the smell, but a self trial proved to me, yes it helped. Damn if you do and damn if you don't. Take or use weed/concentrates or Oxycocete just trading 1 for another. Real pain isn't nice, I'm lost on what to do. Just my thoughts...

Pain relief of any kind comes from a belief it helps. True pain relief would be dealing with the cause of the pain and not masking it with mild treatments like weed or dangerous treatments like opiate class prescription drugs.

Wtf is with ctv. It’s getting crazier and crazier everyday

The body produces endocannabinoids, which are neurotransmitters that bind to cannabinoid receptors in your nervous system. Studies have shown that CBD reduce chronic pain by affecting endocannabinoid receptor activity, reducing inflammation, and interacting with neurotransmitters

A placebo does better. Just another drug that will have negative effects on those who use it.

So the same as the Covid 'vaccine' then.

One study doesn’t make this a thing. defundMSM

Not the stuff I smoke. Another CTV misleading and false claim.

For anxiety, depression and many other ailments, smoked or ingested can help a lot. For pain, I found topical THC/CBD based solutions to be far more effective. Best case study was my mother who was suffering from the effects of cancer, the cream did wonders for her!

Hmm.. Now do pfizer vax

Stop speculating on studies, their are always opposition studies; what is the Government doing with all the billions profits, other than giving out tax payers money to Foreign countries : - )

Studies find what you pay them to find. Amazing how the 'science' works to the finical benefit of the people selling the data. But the public isn't allowed to see any data because you have to 'trust' the science not read it

Not true

Your still in pain but keep forgetting .

Isn’t it all just a matter of perception? The power of our Brains!!

I have said this for years. Once again, science is catching up with me.

So it works?

Info supplied by Trudeau.

Isn’t this how masks work, too?

Wasn't it proven to be anti inflammatory?

This message brought to you by Pfizer and friends: if it ain't from us then you cannot trust

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