Should You Recommend Cannabinoids for This Patient With Painful Neuropathy?

In this article from the US perspective, a generalist with a focus on addiction & an addiction psychiatrist discuss how they’d apply the literature on cannabinoids to the case of a patient with painful diabetic neuropathy, including counselling on potential benefits & harms

SPS commentary:

NICE has published a clinical guideline on the use of cannabis based medicine products for people with intractable nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy. It does not recommend the use of cannabis-based medicinal products for chronic pain.

Source:

Annals of Internal Medicine

Resource links:

NICE guideline 144: Cannabis-based medicinal products