Nearly one in five cancer survivors say they’ve used the cannabis component CBD after getting their diagnosis—primarily to manage pain, sleep difficulties and emotional distress, according to a new study. And more than half of those who used it for specific symptoms reported at least some benefit.
The research, published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, surveyed 1,258 survivors of nine different types of cancer. Among those participants, 226—or 18 percent—reported using CBD after being diagnosed.
Researchers with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the University of Texas Anderson Cancer Center and Mount Sinai Hospital additionally found that 9 in 10 people who use CBD said they consumed the non-intoxicating cannabinoid for symptom relief.
Pain was the most common symptom people said they used CBD to treat (55 percent), followed by difficulty sleeping at 47 percent, stress, anxiety or depression at 35 percent and neuropathy at 18 percent.
“Most survivors who used CBD for symptom relief reported improvement.”
For each of the symptoms, more than half of participants reported at least some improvement after using CBD. That ranged from 60 percent among those treating neuropathy to 85 percent among the
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