Medical Cannabis For The Treatment Of Pain And Spasticity

Cannabis describes organic products (eg, cannabinoids, marijuana, hemp) that are derived from the Cannabis sativa plant. There is a wide variety of proposed benefits of cannabis, and some pharmaceutical cannabis products have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for very specific medical indications. Most studies on medical cannabis have been conducted with pharmaceutical formulations, which can provide indirect evidence for cannabis preparations that are available through medical marijuana programs in some states. This evidence review focuses on some of the strongest evidence of medical cannabis in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain, cancer pain, acute post-operative pain, and spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis (MS).