European Pain Federation (EFIC) position paper on appropriate use of cannabis-based medicines and medical cannabis for chronic pain management

Pain Management

International Association for the Study of Pain Presidential Task Force on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Analgesia: research agenda on the use of cannabinoids, cannabis, and cannabis-based medicines for pain management

Pain

Haroutounian S, Arendt-Nielsen L, Belton J, Blyth FM, Degenhardt L, Di Forti M, Eccleston C, Finn DP, Finnerup NB, Fisher E, Fogarty AE, Gilron I, Hohmann AG, Kalso E, Krane E, Mohiuddin M, Moore RA, Rowbotham M, Soliman N, Wallace M, Zinboonyahgoon N, Rice ASC

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002266

Pain Management

General risks of harm with cannabinoids, cannabis, and cannabis-based medicine possibly relevant to patients receiving these for pain management: an overview of systematic reviews

Pain.

Mohiuddin M, Blyth FM, Degenhardt L, Di Forti M, Eccleston C, Haroutounian S, Moore A, Rice ASC, Wallace M, Park R, Gilron I

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002000.

COMMENTED

Cancer PainPain Management

Standards for the management of cancer-related pain across Europe. A position paper from the EFIC Task Force on Cancer Pain

Eur J Pain.

Bennett MI, Eisenberg E, Ahmedzai SH, Bhaskar A, O'Brien T, Mercadante S, Škvarč NK, Vissers K, Wirz S, Wells C, Morlion B

doi: 10.1002/ejp.1346.

Chronic Pain

Adherence to Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Guidelines for Reporting Safety Outcomes in Trials of Medical Cannabis and Cannabis-based Medicines for Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Systematic Review

Clin J Pain.

Mohiuddin MM, Mizubuti GB, Haroutounian S, Smith SM, Rice ASC, Campbell F, Park R, Gilron I

doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000807.

Chronic PainPain Relief

Cannabis use preferences and decision making among a cross-sectional cohort of medical cannabis patients with chronic pain

J Pain.

Boehnke KF, Scott JR, Litinas E, Sisley S, Clauw DJ, Goesling J, Williams DA

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)Pain Management

Standards for the diagnosis and management of complex regional pain syndrome: Results of a European Pain Federation task force

Eur J Pain.

Goebel A, Barker C, Birklein F, Brunner F, Casale R, Eccleston C, Eisenberg E, McCabe CS, Moseley GL, Perez R, Perrot S, Terkelsen A, Thomassen I, Zyluk A, Wells C

doi: 10.1002/ejp.1362.

Further Publications Pain

European* clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain - Part 1: Role of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain

Eur J Pain

Häuser W, Morlion B, Vowles KE, Bannister K, Buchser E, Casale R, Jean-François C, Chumbley G, Drewes AM, Dom G, Jutila L, O'Brien T, Pogatzky-Zahn E, Ragusa M, Suarez-Serrano C, Tölle T, Krcevski-Škvarc N

doi: 10.1002/ejp.1736

COMMENTED

Chronic Pain

Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study

Lancet Public Health.

Campbell G, Hall WD, Peacock A, Lintzeris N, Bruno R, Larance B, Nielsen S, Cohen M, Chan G, Mattick RP, Blyth F, Shanahan M, Dobbins T, Farrell M, Degenhardt L

doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667

Medical cannabis associated with decreased opiate medication use in retrospective cross-sectional survey of chronic pain patients.