Crohn's Disease And Medical Marijuana (mm) Posted: 07-05-07 11:37am
There are positive implications for the
idea that .M.M can seriously decrease the
severity of flare-ups and frequency of
flare ups for Crohn's disease sufferers.
In addition to being an anti-nausea drug,
.M.M also has anti-inflammatory properties
that should have crohn's disease sufferers
seriously looking into lobbying for
medical use of marijuana in their own
state/community. Please read a synapsis
below regarding an article in
O'Shaughnessy's journal:
O'Shaughnessy's published a study in its
Autumn 2005 issue entitled "Cannabis
Alleviates Symptoms of Crohn's Disease,"
by Jeff Hergenrather, M.D., that found:
"[Crohn's] patients described marked
improvements with the use of cannabis.
Beneficial effects were reported for
appetite, pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue,
activity, and depression. Patients also
reported that cannabis use resulted in
weight gain, fewer stools per day and
fewer flare-ups of less severity...
Cannabis-using Crohn's patients not only
report significant relief of their
symptoms, they are also able to reduce the
amount of immunosuppressive medications
that have been a mainstay of conventional
treatment...
Crohn's disease is so debilitating and
life-threatening and so difficult to
manage with conventional medications it is
very encouraging to find that cannabis is
proving to be an effective treatment for
it right now."
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Posted: 10-22-07 11:17am
that's really interesting. i have not
heard of this before. two of my close
friends suffer from crohns, i am going to
ask if they have heard of this. thank
you.
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Posted: 10-22-07 12:55pm
You are most welcome.
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Posted: 05-30-08 22:13pm
good news..My friend Tony has this disease
and he will love to hear this... thanks
