{"id":3428,"date":"2019-12-24T05:53:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T13:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2019-12-24T08:24:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:24:25","slug":"marijuana-for-migraines-cannabis-pain-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-for-migraines-cannabis-pain-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana For Migraines: Cannabis Could Provide Pain Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study has found using marijuana for migraines helped alleviate pain in a large group of patients. While further study is needed, cannabis could provide another treatment option for the millions who suffer from migraines.<\/p>\n

Migraines impact the lives of 39 million people in the United States and one billion worldwide, according to the Migraine Research Foundation<\/a>. An estimated one out of every four U.S. households has someone who suffers from migraines. It is the third most prevalent illness in the world.<\/p>\n

In the new study, published in the Journal of Pain<\/a>, researchers found using marijuana for migraines led to an about 50% reduction in the severity of migraines for hundreds of sufferers.<\/p>\n

The First Study of Its Kind<\/h2>\n

The study is the first of its kind involving data on using marijuana for migraines collected in real-time, rather than asking patients to recall the effects of cannabis as past studies have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were motivated to do this study because a substantial number of people say they use cannabis for headaches and migraines, but surprisingly few studies had addressed the topic,” Carrie Cuttler, the Washington State University assistant professor of psychology who led the study, told Science Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their approach was straightforward. Researchers analyzed data submitted by patients through the Strainprint app. Patients recorded information on their tracking of migraine symptoms both before and after using medical cannabis.<\/p>\n

The study included data from 1,300 people. They used the app more than 12,200 times to track changes in their migraine-related pain. Another 653 people used the app to track changes in migraine severity.<\/p>\n

Cuttler said researchers wanted to gauge how patients did while \u201cusing whole plant cannabis to medicate in their own homes and environments.” The vast amount of data also gave researchers the assurance they could \u201cappropriately and accurately generalize\u201d the study findings to the greater population of patients.<\/p>\n

The Study\u2019s Key Findings<\/h2>\n

In addition to the finding that using marijuana<\/a> for migraines reduced pain severity by around 50%, the study produced other interesting results. Among the most notable are the following.<\/p>\n