Medical Cannabis for CRPS - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

CRPS, or complex regional pain syndrome, is one of the hardest forms of chronic pain to treat. It usually appears after a limb injury and is marked by pain out of all proportion to the cause, often with swelling, skin changes and hypersensitivity to touch.

Patients with CRPS, after years of ineffective treatment, often look for any possible relief - and here the question of medical cannabis arises.

CRPS has a strong neuropathic component - it is pain arising from the nervous system working abnormally, not from ongoing tissue damage. Such pain often responds poorly to classic painkillers.

Cannabinoids act on receptors involved in transmitting and feeling pain, so medical cannabis is sometimes considered in resistant neuropathic pain when other options have failed.

Let us be honest: CRPS is difficult and there are no simple solutions here. Medical cannabis does not cure CRPS, but in some patients it may reduce the intensity of pain, improve sleep and make rehabilitation easier.

We describe related pain mechanisms in chronic pain and neuropathy.

In CRPS a multi-directional approach matters - rehabilitation, pain treatment and psychological support. Cannabis can be one piece of this puzzle, carefully selected by a doctor.

We describe dosing rules in the guide dosing.

The first visit is in person - in Krakow, Bydgoszcz, Torun or Kielce. You book a slot at 731 000 645.