论文标题
有关医用大麻的在线信息可能会提高不切实际的期望和轻描淡写的潜在副作用
Online information on medical cannabis may rise unrealistic expectations and downplay potential side effects
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论文摘要
越来越多的文献涉及大麻壁c和大麻素化合物的潜在医学用途。尽管这些迹象只得到了监管机构的批准，但在各种条件下可能的好处和健康行业的大型市场都有炒作。在许多情况下，患者在线搜索有关大麻产品的信息，我们已经分析了互联网上可用的医用大麻信息。分析搜索引擎返回的176个网页，我们发现其中超过一半是新闻网站。疼痛，癫痫和多发性硬化症是网页提到的最常见的治疗领域，该区域并不总是与受到监管批准的那些相匹配。信息也不完整，只有22％的网页提到潜在的副作用。卫生门户网站提供了最完整的信息。平均而言，有80％的网页对医用大麻的潜在好处有中立的立场，商业网站的频率更高（67％）。我们得出的结论是，可以在线找到的信息可能会提高对基于科学证据的治疗领域的不切实际期望。
There is a growing literature on the potential medical uses of Cannabis sativa and cannabinoid compounds. Although these have only been approved by regulatory agencies for few indications, there is a hype about their possible benefits in a variety of conditions and a large market in the wellness industry. As in many cases patients search for information on cannabis products online, we have analyzed the information on medical cannabis available on the Internet. Analyzing 176 webpages returned by a search engine, we found that more than half of them were news websites. Pain, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis were the most frequently therapeutic areas mentioned by the webpages, which did not always match those for which there is regulatory approval. Information was also incomplete, with only 22% of the webpages mentioning potential side effects. Health portal websites provided the most complete information. On average, 80% of webpages had a neutral stance on the potential benefits of medical cannabis, with commercial websites having more frequently a positive stance (67%). We conclude that the information that can be found online could raise unrealistic expectations regarding therapeutic areas for which science-based evidence is often still weak.
