Can cannabis improve children's palliative care?

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Symptoms experienced by children in palliative care include pain, irritability, seizures and spasticity — via TheGrowthOp cannabishealth

The program at Murdoch, the largest child health research institute in Australia, treats children with non-oncological conditions such as cerebral palsy, neurodegenerative disorders and progressive cardiac disease.Article contentCurrently prescribed medications may have ‘significant side effects’

“Medicinal cannabis is a new therapy with great hope, but there is little evidence from clinical trials, particularly in children,” Efron relays in an institute statement.Article content Efron emphasizes “there is an urgent need for clinical trials to properly evaluate the role of medicinal cannabis for use in these highly vulnerable patients.”involving responses from almost 2,000 parents of children aged 3 to 18 found that 73 per cent of respondents would entertain the possibility of their children using CBD if other medications weren’t working.

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