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Patients with kidney disease may be using cannabis recreationally or to treat symptoms without the knowledge of their health care team, according to results of a small survey of patients from a hemodialysis clinic in Canada.

Despite lack of evidence, midlife women report using cannabis to manage symptoms overlapping with menopause including insomnia, anxiety, mood and musculoskeletal pain, according to results of two studies.

Titrated low-dose amitriptyline demonstrated effectiveness and tolerability as a second-line therapy for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care compared with placebo, a randomized study in the United Kingdom showed.