Cannabinoids for Acute Pain Management: Approaches and Rationale.

Botea, Mihai O; Andereggen, Lukas; Urman, Richard D; Luedi, Markus M; Romero, Carolina S (2024). Cannabinoids for Acute Pain Management: Approaches and Rationale. Current pain and headache reports, 28(7), pp. 681-689. Springer 10.1007/s11916-024-01252-4

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PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW

Acute pain management remains a challenge and postoperative pain is often undermanaged despite many available treatment options, also including cannabinoids.

RECENT FINDINGS

In the light of the opioid epidemic, there has been growing interest in alternative care bundles for pain management, including cannabinoids as potential treatment to decrease opioid prescribing. Despite the lack of solid evidence on the efficacy of cannabinoids, their use among patients with pain, including those using opioids, is currently increasing. This use is supported by data suggesting that cannabinoids could potentially contribute to a better pain management and to a reduction in opioid doses while maintaining effective analgesia with minimum side effects. The scientific basis for supporting the use of cannabis is extensive, although it does not necessarily translate into relevant clinical outcomes. The use of cannabinoids in acute pain did not always consistently show statistically significant results in improving acute pain. Large randomized, controlled trials evaluating diverse cannabis extracts are needed in different clinical pain populations to determine safety and efficacy.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic and Policlinic for Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy

UniBE Contributor:

Lüdi, Markus

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1534-3081

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

15 Apr 2024 14:24

Last Modified:

22 Jul 2024 00:13

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s11916-024-01252-4

PubMed ID:

38607548

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Acute pain management Cannabidiol Cannabinoids Tetrahydrocannabinol

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/195927

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/195927

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