With approximately 60 million Americans suffer from insomniamany are turning to medicinal cannabis to solve the problem.
For this a A team of Israeli researchers has investigated whether cannabis can help people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sleep better.
A new to learn in which The Journal of Anxiety Disorders called for participants via email to individuals in the Israel Institute of Technology Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research Laboratory database via Facebook groups related to PTSD and MC and via Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital in Tel Aviv.
In addition to completing a baseline survey, participants, all of whom were diagnosed with PTSD, Polls sent out daily for 14 days reporting timing of last night’s medical marijuana use and trouble sleeping. Based on an electronic diary method, the study measured sleep problems using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) with scores ranging from zero to 21, while PTSD symptoms were rated on a scale from zero to four using the PTSD Checklist.
56 percent of the study participants were male, while 82% are licensed to use medicinal cannabis.
That The results showed that medical marijuana appears to improve those with PTSD who have trouble sleeping.
“In-person analyzes found that shorter intervals between prior nocturnal MC use and sleep time were associated with a lower likelihood of experiencing nightmares during the night, but were not associated with nocturnal awakenings or waking too early,” the researchers concluded.
previous research
That Results build on a current one to learn published in Neuropharmacology, who found this low doses of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) may help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)..
Researchers said that participants given THC reported fewer negative feelings during cognitive reassessment tasks than their peers given a placebo.
“Taken together, these results suggest that THC has potential as a useful pharmacological…
