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Cannabis use during the month preceding surgery under general anesthesia may increase your post-operative pain and your need for opioid pain medications.  These conclusions stem from a Cleveland Clinic anesthesiology study of 1681 cannabis users and matched controls from a pool of more than 34,000 patients.  The results were recently reported at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual meeting.

 

Cannabis users reported 14% more pain during the first postop day compared with non-users.  They required 7% more opioid drugs to control that pain.  Similar results have been previously reported in smaller studies with less statistical power.

 

Ongoing are studies to better understand this phenomenon.  Bottom line: lay off weed smoking and edibles consumption for the month before surgery. 

 

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-cannabis-pain-surgery.html

 

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