Adverse effects of medical cannabinoids: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabis-based medicines raises safety concerns for patients, clinicians, policy-makers, insurers, researchers and regulators. Although the efficacy of cannabinoids is being increasingly demonstrated in randomized controlled trials, most safety information comes from studies of recreational use.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of safety studies of medical cannabinoids published over the past 40 years to create an evidence base for cannabis-related adverse events and to facilitate future cannabis research initiatives. We critically evaluated the quality of published studies with a view to identifying ways to improve future studies.

Results

A total of 321 articles were eligible for evaluation. After excluding those

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2413308 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature