By Amanda Gardner
People with chronic pain who aren't getting enough relief from
medications may be able to ease their pain by smoking small amounts of
marijuana, a new study suggests.
The
study participants did report some minor side effects, including
coughing, dizziness, headache, and dry eyes. Few reported feeling "high"
or euphoric, however, which suggests that abuse or addiction is not a
major concern with amounts as small as those used in the study.
"We
had a total of three single episodes where patients felt a little bit
high," Ware says. "So it was extremely rare. The possibility that one
would become addicted is low."
Still, if marijuana were to become
a more common pain treatment, it's possible that some patients might
overdo it, McDavid says.
"We saw the problem
with narcotics. You can't ever predict which people, when prescribed,
will abuse it or not. Obviously there needs to be more research."
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