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Table 5 Preferred medicinal cannabis types and strains in all non-headache groups, including patients with headache as primary symptom

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

Preferred Cannabis Type

 

Chronic pain as primary illness (598)

Arthritis as primary illness (188)

Mental Health Condition (548) /PTSD (93) = (641)

Insomnia/Sleep Disorder (198)

Gastrointestinal Disorder (62) /Crohn’s Disease (35) = (97)

Overall Medicinal Cannabis Cohort (2032)

 Hybrid

221 (37%)

57 (30.3%)

177 (27.6%)

61 (30.8%)

37 (38.1%)

651 (32%)

 Indica

152 (25.4%)

56 (29.8%)

173 (27%)

88 (44.4%)

16 (16.5%)

569 (28%)

 Sativa

121 (20.2%)

34 (18.1%)

207 (32.3%)

39 (19.7%)

23 (23.7%)

502 (24.7%)

 3:1 CBD:THC

49 (8.2%)

22 (11.7%)

46 (7.2%)

3 (1.5%)

11 (11.3%)

154 (7.6%)

 1:1 CBD:THC

52 (8.7%)

16 (8.5%)

35 (5.5%)

7 (3.5%)

10 (10.3%)

146 (7.2%)

 No response

3 (0.5%)

3 (1.6%)

3 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

10 (0.49%)

Preferred Cannabis Strains (top 15)

 

Chronic pain as primary illness

Arthritis as primary illness

Mental Health Condition/PTSD

Insomnia/Sleep Disorder

Gastrointestinal Disorder/Crohn’s Disease

Overall Medicinal Cannabis Cohort

 

OG Shark (43; 10.5%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (13; 8.8%)

Jack Herer (52; 10.8%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (20; 13.8%)

Island Sweet Skunk (8; 9.8%)

OG Shark (120; 8.6%)

 

CBD House Blend (34; 8.3%)

OG Shark (12; 8.1%)

Island Sweet Skunk (50; 10.4%)

OG shark (15; 10.4%)

Jack Herer (8; 9.8%)

Jack Herer (119; 8.5%)

 

Pink Kush (34; 8.3%)

Cannatonic (11; 7.4%)

White Widow (46; 9.6%)

Skywalker OG (13; 9%)

Black Tuna (7; 8.5%)

White Widow (109; 7.8%)

 

Skywalker OG (29; 7.1%)

CBD House Blend (10; 6.8%)

Jean Guy (41; 8.5%)

Pink Kush (12; 8.3%)

Afghani (6; 7.3%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (109; 7.8%)

 

Master Kush (28; 6.8%)

Indica House Blend (9; 6.1%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (37; 7.7%)

Jack Herer (10; 6.9%)

Warlock CBD (6; 7.3%)

Pink Kush (109; 7.8%)

 

Warlock CBD (28; 6.8%)

Jack Herer (9; 6.1%)

Pink Kush (35; 7.3%)

White Widow (9; 6.2%)

White Widow (6; 7.3%)

Island Sweet Skunk (107; 7.6%)

 

Black Tuna (27; 6.6%)

Warlock CBD (8; 5.4%)

OG Shark (34; 7.1%)

Afghani (8; 5.5%)

CBD House Blend (5; 6.1%)

Jean Guy (95; 6.8%)

 

Jean Guy (26; 6.3%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (8; 5.4%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (30; 6.2%)

Indica House Blend (7; 4.8%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (5; 6.1%)

Skywalker OG (90; 6.4%)

 

Lemon Sour Diesel (26; 6.3%)

White Widow (8; 5.4%)

Afghani (28; 5.8%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (7; 4.8%)

Hybrid House Blend (5; 6.1%)

Afghani (87; 6.2%)

 

Jack Herer (25; 6.1%)

Island Sweet Skunk (8; 5.4%)

Skywalker OG (24; 5%)

Island Sweet Skunk (7; 4.8%)

Pink Kush (5; 6.1%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (81; 5.8%)

 

Cannatonic (24; 5.8%)

Hybrid House Blend (7; 4.7%)

Master Kush (24; 5%)

Black Tuna (7; 4.8%)

Cannatonic (4; 4.9%)

Cannatonic (77; 5.5%)

 

White Widow (24; 5.8%)

Master Kush (7; 4.7%)

Hybrid House Blend (23; 4.8%)

Jean Guy (6; 4.1%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (4; 4.9%)

Warlock CBD (77; 5.5%)

 

Island Sweet Skunk (22; 5.4%)

Pink Kush (7; 4.7%)

Warlock CBD (21; 4.4%)

Rock Star (6; 4.1%)

Headband (4; 4.9%)

CBD House Blend (76; 5.4%)

 

Sweet Skunk CBD (21; 5.1%)

Skywalker OG (7; 4.7%)

Cannatonic (20; 4.2%)

Sour Diesel (6; 4.1%)

OG Shark (3; 3.7%)

Master Kush (75; 5.4%)

 

Headband (20; 4.9%)

Afghani (6; 4.1%), Blueberry (6; 4.1%), Girl Scout Cookies (GSC) (6; 4.1%), Jean Guy (6; 4.1%)

Black Tuna (16; 3.3%)

Master Kush (6; 4.1%), Mango (6; 4.1%)

Jean Guy (3; 3.7%), Blueberry (3; 3.7%), Purple Kush (3; 3.7%)

Black Tuna (70; 5%)