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Marijuana, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, and Pain in the Urologic Patient.
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Urology . May2020, Vol. 139, p8-13. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To describe marijuana's clinical role for urologic symptoms.<bold>Methods: </bold>Studies related to marijuana, voiding dysfunction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and pain through January 2019 from PubMed were evaluated for relevance and quality.<bold>Results: </bold>Forty-eight studies were reviewed. Cannabinoids have mixed efficacy for neurogenic LUTS and little evidence for non-neurogenic LUTS, chronic non-cancer-related and perioperative pain. For cancer-related pain, high-level studies demonstrate cannabinoids are well-tolerated with unclear benefit.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Cannabinoids appear well-tolerated in the short-term, but their efficacy and long-term impact is unproven and unknown in urologic discomfort. Cannabinoids for urologic symptoms should be further explored with well-designed randomized controlled trials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *URINARY organs
*MARIJUANA
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*CANNABINOIDS
*PAIN
*CHRONIC pain
*MULTIPLE sclerosis
*COMBINATION drug therapy
*CANNABIS (Genus)
*PELVIC pain
*NEUROTRANSMITTERS
*HYDROCARBONS
*DRUGS
*URINARY incontinence
*MEDICAL marijuana
*INTERSTITIAL cystitis
*DISEASE complications
*THERAPEUTICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00904295
- Volume :
- 139
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Urology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143232153
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2020.01.029