Using cannabinoids to ease the symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting is considered one of the medical applications most strongly supported by the research. But cancer encompasses an entire range of diseases, with treatments – and side-effects - that vary as well.
In the first ever study conducted to evaluate the underlying reasons women with breast cancer use cannabis, the results revealed that pain was the number one reason, followed by anxiety, insomnia, nausea and anorexia.
With more than half the women diagnosed with breast cancer being over the age of 50, treatment can exacerbate pre-existing medical conditions associated with older age (ie. arthritis, neuropathy). With many patients suffering an average of 3 symptoms, cannabis can help reduce polypharmacy as it is a multimodal medication and can manage many of these symptoms simultaneously.
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