Using cannabis to treat migraine may increase the risk of recurrent headaches: A study

A recent study suggested that people who use cannabis for migraine relief may develop rebound headaches, similar to overuse headaches that people who use too much migraine pain medication use.

The preview was published on March 1 and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurologythe 73rd Annual General Meeting is held almost from April 17 to 22, 2021.

“Lots of people with chronic migraine they are already self-medicating with cannabis, and there is little evidence that cannabis can help treat other types of chronic pain, ”said study author Niushen Zhang, MD, of Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

“However, we found that people who used cannabis had a significant increase in receiving medication with too much headache, or recurrent headache, compared to people who did not. using cannabis, ”said Zhang.

For the study, researchers looked at the records of 368 people with injuries migraines for at least a year. Chronic migraine is defined as 15 or more days of headache per month.

A total of 150 people used cannabis and 218 did not. The researchers looked at who had overused headaches and other factors that could influence the development of headaches, such as the frequency of migraines, overuse of other medications for acute migraine, and for how long. in which they had a chronic migraine.

Of the 368 people, 212 were on medication using a headache and 156 were not. The researchers found that people who used cannabis were six times more likely to have a headache than using too much medication than those who did not use cannabis. –