“Chronic neuropathic pain, the most frequent condition affecting the peripheral nervous system, remains under-diagnosed and difficult to treat.
Inhaled cannabis may alleviate chronic neuropathic pain.
Our objective was to synthesize the evidence on inhaled cannabis for chronic neuropathic pain.
This novel Bayesian individual patient data meta-analysis of five randomized trials suggests that inhaled cannabis may provide short term relief for one in five to six patients with neuropathic pain.
Pragmatic trials are need to evaluate the long-term benefits and risks of this treatment.”