The Effectiveness of Common Cannabis Products for Treatment of Nausea

Goals:

We measure for the first time how a wide range of cannabis products affect nausea intensity in actual time.

Background:

Even though the Cannabis plant has been used to treat nausea for millennia, few studies have measured real-time effects of common and commercially available cannabis-based products.

Study:

Using the Releaf App, 886 people completed 2220 cannabis self-administration sessions intended to treat nausea between June 6, 2016 and July 8, 2019. They recorded the characteristics of self-administered cannabis products and baseline symptom intensity levels before tracking real-time changes in the intensity of their nausea.

Results:

By 1 hour postconsumption, 96.4% of people had experienced symptom relief with an average symptom intensity reduction of −3.85 points on a 0 to 10 visual analog scale (SD=2.45, d=1.85, P

Source: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology - March 16, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Alimentary Tract: Original Articles Source Type: research