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Patient-reported Outcomes:

 Comment from Cancer Patient with Headaches
Cancer Details
Cancer Type: Gastric
Cancer Sub Type: Gastric
Cancer Location: Stomach
Patient Details
Patient Gender: Male
Patient Comorbidities: Chronic migraine headaches (causing Chronic pain, Nausea)
Treatment Details
Symptoms Cancer: Chronic pain
Symptoms Conventional Medicine: Unspecified long-term effects (from Unspecified conventional treatments), Incapacitated, Unable to function (both from Opioids)
Intervention Conventional: Unspecified conventional treatments
Intervention Pharmaceuticals: Opioids
Intervention Integrative: Cannabis
Intervention Details: CBD (product unspecified)
Intervention Application: Ingested
Intervention Results: Opioids had proven ineffective for the patient as they had not been able to control his chronic pain stemming from the cancer and its treatments. Where the opioids failed, CBD has been effective at controlling the pain of both the residual cancer symptoms as well as pain from migraine headaches. The patient apparently no longer needs any opioids
Cancer Treatment Status: Success
Publication Details
Source Name: Regulations.gov
Source Entry Date: 2024-02-19
Source Publication Date: 2017-08-18
Source Link: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FDA-2017-N-4515-0701