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Medical Marijuana

Robert Baldor, md Reviewed 04/2024
 


BASICS

Medical marijuana or medical cannabis refers to the use of pharmacologic agents derived from the flowering plant genus Cannabis to treat disease or alleviate symptoms. 

DESCRIPTION

  • Marijuana plan...

TREATMENT

  • Conditions that are qualified for medical cannabis varies by state, but most common conditions approved by states include chronic pain, cancer related weigh loss, cancer related nausea and v...

ONGOING CARE

Pediatric Considerations 
  • Between 2000-2013, annual rate of poison center calls related to cannabis exposures among children younger than 6 was 2.82 times higher in states that had legaliz...

REFERENCES

1
Ebbert JO, Scharf EL, Hurt RT. Medical Cannabis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018;93(12):1842-1847.
2
Whiting  PF, Wolff  RF, Deshpande  S, et al. Cannabinoids for medical use: a...

ADDITIONAL READING

  • Khalsa JH, Bunt GC, Galanter M, et al. Medicinal uses of cannabis and cannabinoids. In: Miller SC, ed. The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA...

CODES

ICD10

F12.90 Cannabis use, unspecified, uncomplicated 

SNOMED

723949005 Cannabis therapy 

CLINICAL PEARLS

  • The clinical evidence supporting benefits of medical cannabis are lacking. Current evidence shows modest benefit in a limited number of conditions.

  • In adults with chemotherapy-induced n...

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