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Table 2 Headache as primary symptom treated with medicinal cannabis among various primary illnesses reported

From: Patterns of medicinal cannabis use, strain analysis, and substitution effect among patients with migraine, headache, arthritis, and chronic pain in a medicinal cannabis cohort

Primary Illness

Total

Male

Female

Unspecified

n

505

262 (51.9%)

241 (47.7%)

2 (0.40%)

Chronic pain

148 (29.3%)

70 (47.3%)

78 (52.7%)

 

Mental Health Condition

131 (25.9%)

65 (49.6%)

66 (50.4%)

 

Headache

75 (14.9%)

44 (58.7%)

31 (41.3%)

 

Insomnia

32 (6.3%)

25 (78.1%)

7 (21.9%)

 

Arthritis/Musculoskeletal

29 (5.7%)

12 (41.4%)

17 (58.6%)

 

PTSD

24 (4.8%)

9 (37.5%)

14 (58.3%)

1 (4.2%)

MS

13 (2.6%)

3 (23.1%)

10 (76.9%)

 

Brain Injury

12 (2.4%)

8 (66.7%)

4 (33.3%)

 

Gastrointestinal Disorder

11 (2.2%)

5 (45.5%)

6 (54.5%)

 

Cancer/Leukemia

6 (1.2%)

3 (50%)

3 (50%)

 

Movement Disorder

5 (1.0%)

4 (80%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

Other

4 (0.79%)

2 (50%)

2 (50%)

 

Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder

3 (0.59%)

2 (66.7%)

1 (33.3%)

 

Crohn’s Disease

3 (0.59%)

3 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

Diabetes

2 (0.40%)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

 

Glaucoma

2 (0.40%)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

Hepatitis

2 (0.40%)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

Eating Disorder

1 (0.20%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

AIDS/HIV

1 (0.20%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

Osteoporosis

1 (0.20%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)