对于患有慢性疼痛的女性,大麻管理的新兴趋势
Erinn C Cameron1,2, Kristine M Jacquin3
1Department of Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mental health science
|January 16, 2025
概括
患有慢性疼痛的女性更喜欢医用大麻,吸烟是最常见的施用方法. 在研究参与者中,大麻使用显著减少了74%的阿片类药物消费.
科学领域:
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 大麻素科学 大麻素科学
背景情况:
- 在美国,患有慢性疼痛的女性中,大麻的使用正在增加.
- 对于女性的具体动机和她们为缓解疼痛而使用大麻的首选方法的了解有限.
研究的目的:
- 在患有慢性疼痛的成年女性中,描述大麻的使用形式,来源,使用模式和自我报告的副作用.
- 为了比较大麻使用者和非使用者的慢性疼痛特征.
- 探索医疗与娱乐大麻的偏好和管理方法.
主要方法:
- 横截面研究检查了关于大麻使用,疼痛特征和阿片类药物使用的自我报告数据.
- 对大麻最喜欢的形式 (吸烟,食用,蒸发,,局部),来源 (药房与未经许可),频率,数量和副作用的分析.
- 大麻使用者与非使用者之间的疼痛程度,持续时间和类型的比较.
主要成果:
- 大多数 (60%) 喜欢娱乐大麻,但医用大麻被认为更有效,每日使用量较高 (24.3%),与娱乐用户 (7.8%) 相比.
- 吸烟是主要的给药方式 (62.1%),其次是食用食品 (25.3%). 用户经常使用多个管理形式.
- 医用大麻使用者从药房获得产品,而休使用者更喜欢未经许可的来源. 大麻使用与30天阿片类药物使用减少了74%.
结论:
- 调查结果强调了慢性疼痛女性对医用和娱乐大麻的不同偏好和使用模式.
- 大麻的使用,特别是医疗,显示出在这个人口群体中减少阿片类药物依赖的潜力.
- 进一步的研究至关重要,以了解各种大麻管理方法对健康的影响,并为公共卫生战略提供信息.
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