Discontinuation rates and predictors of Medical Cannabis cessation for chronic musculoskeletal pain

Mohammad Khak; Sina Ramtin; Juliet Chung; Asif M. Ilyas; Ari Greis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0329897

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Discontinuation rates and predictors of Medical Cannabis cessation for chronic musculoskeletal pain

Mohammad Khak,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¤¤ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Rothman Institute Foundation for Opioid Research & Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sina Ramtin ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sina.ramtin@austin.utexas.edu

¤¤ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Rothman Institute Foundation for Opioid Research & Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5197-6204

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Juliet Chung,

Roles Data curation

¤¤ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Rothman Institute Foundation for Opioid Research & Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Asif M. Ilyas,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¤¤ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliations Rothman Institute Foundation for Opioid Research & Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Ari Greis

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¤¤ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliations Rothman Institute Foundation for Opioid Research & Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Discontinuation rates and predictors of Medical Cannabis cessation for chronic musculoskeletal pain

Mohammad Khak,
Sina Ramtin,
Juliet Chung,
Asif M. Ilyas,
Ari Greis

Published: August 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329897

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