Patients tell me they use marijuana because it helps their pain, so they assume it will help after surgery too. What surprises many people is that the research shows the opposite when it comes to surgical pain. In multiple studies, people who use cannabis regularly needed 25–58% more opioid pain medication after surgery and reported higher pain levels than people who don’t use cannabis. The reason is pretty simple. THC and opioids affect some of the same pathways in the brain. If someone uses TH
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Patients tell me they use marijuana because it helps their pain, so they assume it will help after surgery too. What surprises many people is that the research shows the opposite when it comes to surgical pain. In multiple studies, people who use cannabis regularly needed 25–58% more opioid pain medication after surgery and reported higher pain levels than people who don’t use cannabis. The reason is pretty simple. THC and opioids affect some of the same pathways in the brain. If someone uses TH
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