Preliminary data suggest more than one third of people with back pain no longer used opioids after filling cannabis prescriptions. Opioid prescriptions decreased as well for those with osteoarthritis.
Screening and follow-up for depression may help improve outcomes and reduce costs when patients have reverse shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis, a study suggests.
In a study of more than 1.7 million cases, length of hospital stay and readmission rates were only slightly higher for octogenarians than for those ages 65-79, and medical complications were similar.
Orrin Troum, MD, suggests putting away any personal biases to learn how to best advise patients who are using or considering using cannabis, cannabidiol, or other cannabis-derived products.