Table 4.

Comparison of cannabis with other medications (n = 128 unless specified).

	Total	Male	Female
Decreased or discontinued use of other medicines (n = 117*)	62%	65	58
Comparison of undesirable effects (n = 125)
Cannabis produced much worse effects than other medicines	1	0	2
Cannabis produced somewhat worse effects	2	4	0
Undesired effects about the same	8	8	9
Other meds produced somewhat worse effects than cannabis	16	14	19
Other medicines produced much worse effects than cannabis	41	40	43
I have no undesirable effects from cannabis	31	33	28
Other medicines work differently	1	1	0
Comparison of relief provided (n = 118*)
Other medicines work much better than cannabis	3	0	7
Other medicines work a bit better than cannabis	3	4	0
Other medicines work about the same as cannabis	9	8	9
Cannabis works a bit better than other medicines	13	11	15
Cannabis works much better than others medication	54	58	48
Only cannabis gives me relief from my condition	15	15	15
Other medicines work differently	2	0	4
Can't distinguish – use them together	1	1	2
Use cannabis to relieve side effects of other medicines	1	1	0

*Some people did not use other medications concurrently