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Papers of the Week

Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Relationship between Nociplastic Pain Involvement and Medication use, Symptom Relief, and Adverse effects Among People using Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain.

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Papers: 7 Oct 2023 - 13 Oct 2023


2023 Oct 12


Clin J Pain


37823303

Relationship between Nociplastic Pain Involvement and Medication use, Symptom Relief, and Adverse effects Among People using Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain.

Authors

Scott JR, Williams DA, Harte SE, Harris RE, Litinas E, Sisley S, Clauw DJ, Boehnke KF

Abstract

Cannabis is commonly used for chronic pain management, but cannabis’ effects remain poorly characterized in chronic nociplastic pain (NPP), which is posited to be caused by disturbances in nervous system pain processing. In this cross-sectional study (n=1,213), we used the 2011 Fibromyalgia (FM) Survey Criteria as a surrogate measure for degree of NPP among individuals using medical cannabis for chronic pain.
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