Progression of cannabis withdrawal symptoms in people using medical cannabis for chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Research from cohorts of individuals with recreational cannabis use indicates that cannabis withdrawal symptoms are reported by more than 40% of those using regularly. Withdrawal symptoms are not well understood in those who use cannabis for medical purposes. Therefore, we prospectively examined the stability of withdrawal symptoms in individuals using cannabis to manage chronic pain.

Design, setting, participants

Using latent class analysis (LCA) we examined baseline cannabis withdrawal to derive symptom profiles. Then, using latent transition analysis (LTA) we examined the longitudinal course of withdrawal symptoms across the time points. Exploratory analyses examined demographic and clinical characteristics predictive of withdrawal class and transition

SUBMITTER: Coughlin LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363170 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature