Therapeutic Use of Cannabis Sativa on Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Among Cancer Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
F.C. Machado Rocha et al., "Therapeutic Use of Cannabis Sativa on Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Among Cancer Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," European Journal of Cancer Care, published online ahead of print July 2008.
This review of published studies comparing cannabinoid drugs (but not of whole marijuana, unfortunately) finds them to be generally safe and more effective for treatment of chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting than standard drugs against which they were compared. Patients tended to prefer the cannabinoids to standard therapies.
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