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Reprint of: Survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: Patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against ‘morning sickness’.
- Source :
- Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice; Nov2009, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p242-246, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Abstract: A majority of women experience some nausea and/or vomiting during pregnancy. This condition can range from mild nausea to extreme nausea and vomiting, with 1–2% of women suffering from the life-threatening condition hyperemesis gravidarum. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) may be used therapeutically to mitigate pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting. This paper presents the results of a survey of 84 female users of medicinal cannabis, recruited through two compassion societies in British Columbia, Canada. Of the seventy-nine respondents who had experienced pregnancy, 51 (65%) reported using cannabis during their pregnancies. While 59 (77%) of the respondents who had been pregnant had experienced nausea and/or vomiting of pregnancy, 40 (68%) had used cannabis to treat the condition, and of these respondents, 37 (over 92%) rated cannabis as ‘extremely effective’ or ‘effective.’ Our findings support the need for further investigations into cannabis therapy for severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17443881
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44937071
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2009.07.001