Medical marijuana extracts “meaningfully” improve cancer-related symptoms such as sleep difficulties and anxiety—though responses varied among patients depending on personal preferences for individual cannabinoid content of the extracts—according to a new study
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa, University of Manitoba and Queen’s University investigated the impact of extracts containing different concentrations of THC and CBD on common cancer symptoms.
The randomized, placebo-controlled, triple blind study found that, overall, medical marijuana oil extracts “can be meaningfully beneficial for cancer-related symptoms in approximately 50 percent of patients, particularly for sleep and related symptoms.”
The research involved THC-dominant, CBD-dominant and 1:1 oil extracts, as well as a placebo. Notably, it found that the “most helpful extract differed between individuals,” and no single extract type was “routinely better than the others on average.”
There was “no significant preference of one extract over another on average, but a clear preference between extracts for most individuals.”
Regardless of a patient’s primary symptom, about half of participants saw improvements with respect to sleep, anxiety and daytime tiredness. Also, 66 percent of patients expressed a personal preference for an extract with an active cannabinoid as opposed to a placebo.
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