Doctors are advised to request patients to disclose cannabis use after a new study revealed heavy use may be linked to increased pain after anesthesia.
records who had participated in an elective surgery from, 1,681 of them were cannabis users. According to the study, those who used cannabis within 30 days of surgery had 14% more pain in the first 24 hours after surgery compared to the patients who had never used cannabis.
More research needs to be conducted, the ASA reported, but in the interim, Dr. Elyad Ekrami, M.D. said in the study, “Physicians should consider that patients using cannabis may have more pain and require slightly higher doses of opioids after surgery, emphasizing the need to continue exploring a multimodal approach to post-surgical pain control.”.
Johnson-Arbor is a medical toxicology physician and co-medical director at National Capital Poison Center in Washington, DC, and said the increased tolerance may affect how much pain the patient is in after their surgery.“This is why it is very important for patients to be honest with their doctors about their use of cannabis,” she told the outlet, adding, “Not divulging your cannabis use habits to your doctors may lead to inadequate anesthesia or postoperative pain control.
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