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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

NORML

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking public comments on how Americans with chronic pain are successfully treating their symptoms. CDC invites comments specifically on topics focused on using or prescribing opioid pain medications, non-opioid medications, or non-pharmacological treatments.”

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CDC Still Soliciting Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management Solutions

NORML

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still seeking public comments on how Americans with chronic pain are successfully treating their symptoms. CDC invites comments specifically on topics focused on using or prescribing opioid pain medications, non-opioid medications, or non-pharmacological treatments.

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Groundbreaking Medical Trial Investigates CBD for Chronic Pain Relief in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Veriheal

If you or someone close to you has suffered a spinal cord injury (SCI) , chances are chronic pain may have been a constant companion. Until now, treatment options were limited and often provided only minimal relief. Unfortunately, chronic pain is a common and often debilitating complication of SCIs in the United States.

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The most common reasons people get medical marijuana cards: 2021 edition

The Cannigma

To varying degrees, the three most common uses of medical marijuana in Massachusetts, Maine, and Maryland were to treat chronic pain, anxiety, and back and neck problems. of patients reported chronic pain as their primary condition, while in Connecticut 70.4% Severe chronic pain 35,866 30.5% Cancer 5,717 4.9%

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Can cannabis help COVID ‘long haulers?’

The Cannigma

Cannabis has long been used as a treatment for all types of headaches and migraines, and was “highly esteemed as a headache remedy” by prominent physicians as far back as the 19th century. Joint and muscle pain and a general soreness in many parts of the body is a common symptom reported by people with long COVID. episodes per month.

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The Benefits for Medical Marijuana

LifeCannMD

Medical Marijuana in Miami, Florida: Benefits for Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Cancer, Epilepsy, and Multiple Sclerosis Patients with LifeCannMD LifeCannMD is a Medical Marijuana clinic located in downtown Brickell, in the heart of the Little Havana neighborhood. Chronic Pain Relief with Medical Marijuana in Miami with LifeCannMD.

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Project CBD

In his first article of the new year, Raphael Mechoulam and other Israeli scientists look at the “real life experiences of medical cannabis treatment in autism.” Around 10-20% of patients stopped taking various medications (mostly antipsychotic and antiepileptic drugs) within 6 months of starting cannabis treatment.