Study of 3,000 patients shows: cannabis therapy is a substitute for other medication for 21% of patients

One in five cannabis patients is undergoing treatment to replace their previous conventional medication. This is shown by a study by Grünhorn, in the first part of which 3,090 cannabis patients were surveyed.

For example, 21 percent stated that they use cannabis to stop taking other medications. A further seven percent use cannabis to alleviate symptoms of conditions such as cluster headaches, glaucoma and restless leg syndrome or even tinnitus and PTSD. In addition, ADHD patients report that the very severe side effects of their prescribed medication no longer occur as a result of alternative cannabis therapy.

"This makes it clear that cannabis is a real option for improving the lives of patients. Above all, it is a therapeutic option to opiates or other addictive medications. Even tinnitus could be treated better with cannabis in that, for example, the sleep-disturbing symptoms were alleviated"" explains Dr. Nadine Herwig, Head of the Grünhorn Academy.

The multi-part study was conducted by the Grünhorn Academy, the education and training platform of Grünhorn, the largest German provider of prescription cannabis. In the first part of the study, respondents were asked to state which symptoms or illnesses they had been prescribed cannabis for, when they started their cannabis therapy, which symptoms it treated, how many flower varieties or capsules or extracts they had tried in the meantime and in which form they preferred to take cannabis.