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Mar 3, 2014

Mixed Messages in Medicince: Medical Marijuana and Benzos

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Rheumatology

Marijuana: Do Risks Outweigh Benefits in RA?

Published: Mar 3, 2014 | Updated: Mar 3, 2014
By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania


Medical Marijuana: Studies Find No Benefit for RA  
Rheumatologists should not currently be recommending the use of medical marijuana to their patients for relief of chronic pain, researchers stated. Read more
"Among the reasons for this advice are acute and chronic risks, a lack of evidence for efficacy, and the absence of data on appropriate dosing, according to Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, MD, of McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues."

Pain Management


This Week in Medical News: Benzos, STDs, and IVF

Published: Mar 1, 2014
By MedPage Today Staff
"Although much has been written about the "opioid epidemic," less attention has been focused on the relatively common practice of prescribing benzodiazapines in combination with opioids, a practice that may increase the risk of fatal overdoses, reported John Fauber, Kristina Fiore, and Elbert Chu in "Killing Pain: Benzo 'Boost' Can Be Deadly." a three-part investigative series from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today.
 

The focus is NOT preventing iatrogenic addiction, iatrogenic disability& iatrogenic homicide.
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