• Medical cannabis is able to help most people suffering from migraines
  • The study continues to seek to understand the mechanism of cannabis action

People suffering from headaches and migraines have helped and helped medicinal cannabis from time immemorial. However, recent studies are beginning to understand how cannabis actually helps in this case.

In Maythis year were published above study resultsSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado, showing the effect of inhaled and orally applied cannabis on migraine patients.

Conclusions of this study are based on data collected from 121 adult participants:

  • The average number of migraines in the month fell from 10.4% to 4.6%.
    • 85%said that the average number of their migraines decreased significantly in one month
      • 40% of the participants had a positive effect
      • 19.8% of the participants identified cannabis as an effective migraine remedy
      • 1.6% said that cannabis was totally discarded by cannabis
      • 12% of the participants said they had not seen any change
      • Only 2% of the participants declared thattheir total number of migraines increased

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Application cannabis inhaled route it has proven to be the fastest acting and also able to stop migraine during its acute onset. Eating cannabis, according to most respondents, gave a slower onset, which was expected, but also, according to some (about 11% of respondents), too strong psychoactive effects.

Some of the past studies have tThis phenomenon was attempted to explain, for example, by the lagging endocanbinoid system affected CB2 receptors .(see Cannabinoids and Introduction to Endocannabinoid System)Although the study described in this article did not help to explain the mechanism of cannabis aid in the case of migraines, it adds to the growing scientific body dealing with the use of cannabis for migraines.

Just because 85% of respondents reported a decrease in their total number of migraines, future research is highly relevant and the next meaningful step seems to be both the subsequent examination of the cannabis mechanism and the choice of the right varieties and thus the cannabinoids, modes of application and dosetreatment of cannabis.

And what about you, our readers? Have you already tried healing migraines with cannabis? Share your opinions and experiences with us in the comments section!