Courtney Southwick Exercising for upwards of 30 minutes most days may help relieve pain in patients who’ve been diagnosed with cancer, according to a study of exercise and pain outcomes from more than 60,000 people, including 10,000 with a history of cancer. Study participants who’d been diagnosed with cancer and surpassed 150 minutes of moderate...
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Medicinal cannabis can safely relieve cancer pain and curb total meds and opioid use: Study
by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain Medicinal cannabis can safely relieve cancer pain, while curbing the total number of meds and opioids taken, suggest the results of a multicentre registry study, published online in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Products with an equal balance of the active ingredients tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), rather than...
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CBD oil proves no better than placebo for cancer pain and distress
By Rich Haridy December 04, 2022 A trial found two-thirds of participants reported benefits from their allocated intervention, regardless of whether they were taking CBD or a placebo Depositphotos Newly published results from a clinical trial testing the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) oil on symptoms of pain and distress in cancer patients suggest the popular...
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Gabapentinoids appear increasingly to be prescribed, off-label, for cancer pain
IMAGE: A GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STUDY. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications — gabapentin and pregabalin — to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center study has found. Gabapentin, which...