A Case Series of Patients Using Medicinal Marihuana for Management of Chronic Pain Under the Canadian Marihuana Medical Access Regulations Mary E. Lynch,

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A Case Series of Patients Using Medicinal Marihuana for Management of Chronic Pain Under the Canadian Marihuana Medical Access Regulations Mary E. Lynch, MD, FRCPC, Judee Young, RN, Alexander J. Clark, MD, FRCPC Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 497-501 (November 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.016 Copyright © 2006 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Doses and frequency of medicinal marihuana reported by 28 patients using smoked cannabis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2006 32, 497-501DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.016) Copyright © 2006 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Magnitude of pain relief according to numeric pain relief rating scale. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2006 32, 497-501DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.016) Copyright © 2006 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 Number of patients reporting moderate to complete relief (5–10/10) of other symptoms according to numeric symptom relief scales. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2006 32, 497-501DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.016) Copyright © 2006 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2006 32, 497-501DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.016) Copyright © 2006 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions