Medical cannabis refers to cannabis products and cannabinoid compounds prescribed by physicians to treat symptoms of illness, administered by smoking, vaporizing, oral pills such as dronabinol and nabilone, or oromucosal liquid sprays. Evidence for its benefits is mixed and inconsistent overall, though cannabis based medicines have shown modest relief for chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain, along with small improvements in sleep and physical function. Low quality evidence also supports its use for reducing chemotherapy related nausea, improving appetite in HIV and AIDS patients, and easing tics in Tourette syndrome, and the compound cannabidiol has regulatory approval for treating two severe forms of epilepsy. Short term use carries risks of dizziness, fatigue, vomiting, and hallucination, and the long term cognitive and addiction effects, especially in young users, remain unclear.
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Has the FDA approved cannabis as a medicine?
No. The FDA has approved specific drug products made from or related to cannabis but not cannabis itself.
Not as a plant. The US Food and Drug Administration states that it has not approved a marketing application for cannabis for the treatment of any disease or condition. It has approved one cannabis-derived drug product, Epidiolex, which contains cannabidiol, and three synthetic cannabis-related products: Marinol and Syndros, which contain dronabinol, and Cesamet, which contains nabilone. These approved products are available only with a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider. This is general information about the record, not medical advice.
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The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BCE) from Ancient Egypt describes medical cannabis.
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Medical cannabis, medicinal cannabis or medical marijuana (MMJ) includes cannabis products and cannabinoid molecules that are prescribed by physicians for their patients.
Treats: Pain, Lead: treats Pain
Cannabis-based medicines may offer modest relief for chronic, especially neuropathic, pain and slight improvements in function and sleep in chronic pain patients, but evidence is limited and inconsistent; mild harms may outweigh the benefit and placebo effects may influence trial outcomes.
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