Institute of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
J Glaucoma. 2023 Jul 1;32(7):e106-e108. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002203. Epub 2023 Mar 3.
The use of marijuana for the treatment of glaucoma has been widely debated amongst ophthalmologists and glaucoma specialists. Recent evidence suggests the majority of ophthalmologists do not support the use of marijuana as active treatment for glaucoma. However, there has been no investigation into understanding the public's direct perception of the efficacy of marijuana in glaucoma treatment. By using Twitter as a tool to understand the public's thoughts, tweets were analyzed over the last 2 years. Of the 700 tweets analyzed, 72% (n=503) of tweets were in favor of cannabis use in the treatment of glaucoma, whereas 18% (n=124) were evidently opposed. The majority of those in favor came from accounts of individual users (n=391; 56%) whereas those that opposed marijuana as a treatment came from accounts of health care media, ophthalmologists, and other health care workers. The discrepancy between the public and ophthalmologists and other health care professionals requires recognition and further action to better educate the public on the role of marijuana in glaucoma treatment.
大麻用于治疗青光眼在眼科医生和青光眼专家中引起了广泛争论。最近的证据表明，大多数眼科医生不支持将大麻作为治疗青光眼的积极手段。然而，还没有人调查过公众对大麻治疗青光眼疗效的直接看法。本研究通过利用 Twitter 来了解公众的想法，对过去两年的推文进行了分析。在分析的 700 条推文中，有 72%（n=503）的推文赞成将大麻用于治疗青光眼，而 18%（n=124）的推文明显反对。赞成者主要来自个人账户（n=391；56%），而反对者则来自医疗保健媒体、眼科医生和其他医疗保健工作者的账户。公众与眼科医生和其他医疗保健专业人员之间的这种差异需要得到认可，并采取进一步行动，以便更好地向公众宣传大麻在青光眼治疗中的作用。
