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Fibromyalgia Patients Self-Medicating With Cannabis May Have Poor Mental Health Outcomes

July 12, 2012 by

According to new research, 10% of fibromyalgia (FM) patients use marijuana for medicinal relief to combat FM symptoms, such as unexplained fatigue, and insomnia, widespread pain and other somatic symptoms. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that affects around 3% of the population and is more common in women...

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