RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Daring discourse – no: cannabinoids should not be used for acute postoperative pain management
JF Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
JO Reg Anesth Pain Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 520
OP 523
DO 10.1136/rapm-2020-101475
VO 45
IS 7
A1 Meeker, Jennifer D
A1 Ayrian, Eugenia
A1 Mariano, Edward R
YR 2020
UL http://rapm.bmj.com/content/45/7/520.abstract
AB As anesthesiologists and acute pain medicine specialists, we will care for patients in the perioperative period who use cannabinoids for chronic pain and/or marijuana recreationally. We will have to address difficult questions from patients regarding the potential applications for cannabinoids in acute pain management. While we must remain compassionate and understand our patients’ desire to find relief from suffering using available non-opioid medications, we are ethically bound to do no harm and provide them with treatment options supported by the best available evidence. Today, we cannot support cannabinoids in the management of acute postoperative pain.