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. 2021 Nov 26;21(6):479–506. doi: 10.17245/jdapm.2021.21.6.479

Table 1. Electronic database search strategies.

Electronic database Search strategy
MEDLINE via PubMed (searched up to 2/5/2020); re-run on 2/1/2021 search strategy: Language: limited to English
Species: limited to Humans
Article types: limit to Clinical Trails, Randomized Controlled Trials, Review, Systematic Reviews, Guidelines, Meta-analysis, Practice Guideline
((neuralgia OR neuropathy OR neuropathic OR (nerve AND (injury OR lesion)) OR (post-herpetic neuralgia) OR (post-traumatic neuropathy)) AND ("Cannabis" [Mesh] OR "Medical Marijuana" [Mesh] OR "Cannabidiol" [Mesh] OR "Cannabinoids" [Mesh] OR marijuana OR marihuana OR cannabis OR cannabidiol OR cannabinoid* OR hash* OR hemp OR nabilone OR dronabinol OR nabiximols OR Sativex OR levonantradol OR sativa OR tetrahydrocannabinol OR delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol OR delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol OR THC)) AND random*
The Web of Science (searched up to 2/5/2020); re-run on 2/1/2021 search strategy: TOPIC: (neuralgia OR neuropathy OR neuropathic OR (nerve AND (injury OR lesion)) OR (post-herpetic neuralgia) OR (post-traumatic neuropathy)) AND TOPIC: (marijuana OR marihuana OR cannabis OR cannabidiol OR cannabinoid* OR hash* OR hemp OR nabilone OR dronabinol OR nabiximols OR Sativex OR levonantradol OR sativa OR tetrahydrocannabinol OR delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol OR delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) AND TOPIC: random* Limits: Article, Review, Proceedings, Early Access
The Cochrane Library (searched up to 2/5/2020);
re-run on 2/1/2021 search strategy:
((neuralgia OR neuropathy OR neuropathic OR (nerve AND (injury OR lesion)) OR (post-herpetic neuralgia) OR (post-traumatic neuropathy)) AND (marijuana OR marihuana OR cannabis OR cannabidiol OR cannabinoid OR hash OR hemp OR nabilone OR dronabinol OR nabiximols OR Sativex OR levonantradol OR sativa OR tetrahydrocannabinol OR delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol OR delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol OR THC)) AND (random OR randomly OR randomized)
EMBASE (searched up to 2/5/2020);
re-run on 2/1/2021 search strategy:
#1 neuralgia OR neuropathy OR neuropathic OR (nerve AND (injury OR lesion)) OR (post-herpetic neuralgia) OR (post-traumatic neuropathy)
#2 marijuana OR marihuana OR cannabis OR cannabidiol OR cannabinoid OR hash OR hemp OR nabilone OR dronabinol OR nabiximols OR Sativex OR levonantradol OR sativa OR tetrahydrocannabinol OR "delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol" OR "delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol"
#3 randomly OR randomized OR random
#4: #1 and #2 and #3
Limits: English, Article, Article in Press, Conference paper,