Abstracts tagged "marijuana and outcomes"

Abstract Number: 2789 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Medical Marijuana Related Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
Basmah Jalil¹, Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.², Romy Cabacangun³, Clifford Qualls⁴, Arthur Bankhurst⁵ and Roderick Fields⁶, ¹Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of New Mexico HSC, Albuquerque, NM, ³Rheumatology, UNM, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Biostatistics, UNM, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵Rheum/ MSC 105550, University of NM Med Ctr, Albuquerque, NM, ⁶Internal Medicine/ Rheumatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose Medical cannabis is used extensively in the United States, usually in the form of smoked marijuana. There is growing research regarding the immunomodulatory effects…