{"id":10707,"date":"2022-12-08T19:45:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/cannabis-improves-quality-of-life-for-fibromyalgia-patients\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:45:34","slug":"cannabis-improves-quality-of-life-for-fibromyalgia-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/cannabis-improves-quality-of-life-for-fibromyalgia-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Improves Quality of Life for Fibromyalgia Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fibromyalgia is a condition involving widespread musculoskeletal pain. The condition is accompanied by feelings of fatigue, lack of sleep, memory issues, and mood swings. It is\u00a0estimated\u00a0that as many as one out of every 20 people on earth suffer from fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n
Women are much more likely to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia compared to men, with roughly seven times as many women suffering from the condition compared to men. <\/p>\n
Women between the ages of 20 and 55 are particularly susceptible to being diagnosed with fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n
Pharmaceutical prescriptions, including anti-depressants, are common treatments for fibromyalgia, although most if not all of them can yield very undesirable side effects. <\/p>\n
Fortunately, cannabis provides a safer alternative to many pharmaceutical drugs, and a recent study in Israel found it to be effective. Below is more information about it via a news release from\u00a0NORML:<\/p>\n
Holon, Israel:\u00a0<\/strong>Cannabis treatment is associated with quality of life improvements in patients with treatment-resistant fibromyalgia (FM), according to the\u00a0results\u00a0of a prospective cohort study published in the journal\u00a0Pain Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n Israeli researchers evaluated cannabis\u2019 efficacy in a cohort of 30 patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia. <\/p>\n All of the study\u2019s participants had previously failed to respond to conventional pharmaceutical treatments. Investigators assessed patients\u2019 quality of life, general health, and physical health following 30 days of cannabis treatment.<\/p>\n They determined: \u201cCannabis treatment \u2026 showed a marked improvement in general quality-of-life by 1.97 points out of a 5-point score\u00a0and enhanced general health by 1.83 scores.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cCannabis treatment also improved the physical health domain score by 1.5 points. Further examination of the physical health subdomains showed a reduction of 1.67 points in pain and discomfort, pain and fatigue (1.57), and an improvement of 2.13 points in activities of daily living.\u201d<\/p>\n