Cannabis in the Treatment
A random selection of therapeutic effects appears here in context of their evidence status. Some of the effects will be shown as beneficial, while others carry risk. Some effects are barely distinguished from the placebos of the research. Cannabis in the treatment of epilepsy is inconclusive on account of insufficient evidence. Nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy can be ameliorated by oral cannabis. A reduction in the severity of pain in patients with chronic pain is a likely outcome for the use of cannabis. Spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients was reported as improvements in symptoms. Increase in appetite and decrease in weight loss in HIV/ADS patients has been shown in limited evidence. According to limited evidence cannabis is ineffective in the treatment of glaucoma. On the basis of limited evidence, cannabis is effective in the treatment of Tourette syndrome. Post-traumatic disorder has been helped by cannabis in a single reported trial. Limited statistical e...