Study surveys over 3,000 patients and shows: cannabis therapy is a real alternative

For those surveyed, cannabis is most helpful for sleep disorders caused by pain. This is shown by a study by Grünhorn, in which 3,090 cannabis patients were surveyed in the first part.

According to the survey, pain is the main reason for cannabis medication for almost half (41%) of respondents. For a further 20 percent, pain is accompanied by a second symptom such as depression. In addition, almost a quarter (23%) were prescribed cannabis due to mental illness and around one in ten (11%) stated neurological illnesses.

For the most part, sleep disorders are the most frequently treated symptom (70%). However, general pain (58%), stress and tension (51%), inner restlessness (50%) and headaches and migraines (36%) are also among the most frequently reported symptoms.

"Respondents relieve pain peaks quickly and effectively with cannabis. Cannabis is always used when conventional medicine reaches its limits or the results of traditional medication do not promise the necessary success. The study therefore shows very clearly that holistic cannabis therapy is a real option"" 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.