The Current State of Pharmacological Treatments for Cannabis Use Disorder and Withdrawal.

ABSTRACT: Cannabis use disorder (CUD) commonly occurs and carries a notable economic and functional burden at both individual and societal levels. While there are no clearly efficacious medication treatments for CUD, 20 years of committed and high-quality research in the human laboratory and clinical settings have resulted in medications with demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of cannabis withdrawal, the ability to reduce cannabis use, and results that point to promising future work. The current state of pharmacology research for CUD highlights the need to consider particular characteristics of patients, such as gender, impulsivity, and severity of cannabis use, when selecting a medication in the off-label treatment of CUD or cannabis withdrawal. As a field, the body of work also exposes so

SUBMITTER: Brezing CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719115 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature