Frequent marijuana use may not help manage pain, depression and anxiety among patients in treatment for opioid addiction, finds a study. Patients in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction believe that using marijuana helps them with their pain and mood symptoms.<\/p>\n
However, the findings showed that using cannabis could be making it harder for patients to handle their symptoms, as opposed to making them feel better. \u201cFor people who are using cannabis the most, they have a very strong relationship between pain and mood symptoms, and that\u2019s not necessarily the pattern you\u2019d want to see,\u201d said Marian Wilson, from the Washington State University.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou would hope, if cannabis is helpful, the more they use it the fewer symptoms they would see,\u201d Wilson added. More cannabis use is associated with reduced self-efficacy in managing emotions, which makes it more harder for such people to manage their symptoms. In fact, the relationship between pain and depression and anxiety increased with the frequency of marijuana use, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
For the research, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, the team involved 150 patients and found that nearly 67 per cent of the patients use marijuana regularly. \u201cSome are admitting they use it just for recreation purposes, but a large number are saying they use it to help with pain, sleep, and their mood,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have evidence with this study that cannabis is helping with those issues,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
The study noted that opioid overdose rates have more than tripled in the past two decades and are now the second-leading cause of accidental death in the US.\u201dThe effectiveness of cannabis for relieving distressing symptoms remains mixed and requires further research,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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