在患有癌症的患者中使用大麻和大麻素的流行率和症状管理
Theodore M Brasky1, Alison M Newton1, Sara Conroy2
1Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.
Cancer research communications
|September 29, 2023
概括
大约15%的癌症患者使用大麻缓解症状,其中39%的使用者使用大麻二醇 (CBD) 产品. 患者报告大麻使用中度至高度的症状缓解.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 癌症患者经常经历疼痛,恶心和焦虑等症状,这些症状难以管理.
- 目前正在探索大麻产品是否有潜力缓解这些与癌症相关的症状.
- 关于大麻和大麻二醇 (CBD) 在癌症患者中使用的流行率的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 确定当前大麻使用在成年癌症患者中的流行率.
- 调查使用模式和感知与大麻和CBD产品相关的症状缓解在这个人群中.
主要方法:
- 在2021年至2022年期间,在综合癌症中心对成人癌症患者进行了详细的,以大麻为重点的问卷调查.
- 参与者被诊断患有侵袭性癌症,并在过去12个月内接受治疗.
- 总结统计数据被用来分析大麻使用模式和症状缓解.
主要成果:
- 15%的同意患者 (n=142/934) 报告目前使用大麻 (过去12个月),75%每周使用一次.
- 在目前的用户中,39% (n=56,6%整体) 使用了大麻二醇 (CBD) 产品.
- 患者报告了中度至高度的症状缓解,使用模式因给药途径而异.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了有关活跃癌症患者当前使用大麻和CBD产品的详细见解.
- 临床医生应该意识到患者使用大麻及其对症状管理的感知益处.
- 未来的研究应该涉及多样化的群体和大麻产品使用的全面评估.
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