canadiEM - By Harrish Gangatharan - August 17, 2021
Take Home Points
- Think of marijuana use when seeing young adults with abdominal pain. Majority of marijuana related hospitalizations exclusively occur in the young adult population 15-25 years old.
- Significant stigma and reluctance to admit any cannabinoid use is a common characteristic of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.
- Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and cyclical vomiting syndrome are similar and sometimes temporally linked syndromes.
- Edible cannabis products can still be associated with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.
- Low dose haloperidol < 2 mg IV can be safely used with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.