MIGRAINE headaches are a fairly common condition, but for those who suffer from them, they can make life extremely difficult. With symptoms like throbbing headaches, nausea and vomiting, sensitivity to sound and light, and even changes to vision like flashes of light or blind spots, when a migraine hits it can be difficult to engage with everyday life.

Unfortunately, migraines can also be difficult to treat. While multiple prescription medications exist for migraines, they aren’t always effective for many of the migraine sufferers who try them.

A new study may give migraine sufferers a reason to hope that cannabis could be a helpful alternative for treating these intense headaches. According to the study’s results, migraine sufferers who have used both cannabis and prescription treatments for their migraines say that cannabis works better at bringing on relief.

Interestingly, migraine sufferers reported significantly more migraine relief from cannabis than from non-cannabis treatments — such as prescription migraine medications like triptans. The average reported relief with cannabis was 75.82 percent while non-cannabis products were only reported to bring an average improvement of 51.01 percent. Even looking at just the scores from those who used both types of treatments — cannabis was rated as a much more effective treatment.

Another interesting outcome of the study was the finding that 65 percent of migraine sufferers who use cannabis as a treatment, do so without having a medical cannabis card.

Hopefully in the future, clinical trials will help fill in some of the blanks, and give migraine sufferers clear parameters for how to treat migraines with cannabis.(SD-Agencies)