Treatment For PTSD Should Include Cannabis
For those who do not know it, the humans and all animals so far tested produce two marijuana like substances, Anandamide and 2- Arachidonal...
Pot-Like Chemical Helps Beat Fear
By Lidia Wasowicz, UPI Senior Science Writer
Source: United Press International
Natural molecules that act like the primary active ingredient in marijuana apparently play a key...
Cannabis Eases Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
William Woodward, MD, of the American Medical Association, testifying before Congress in 1937 against the Prohibition of cannabis, paraphrased a French author (F. Pascal,...
PTSD And Cannabis: A Clinician Ponders Mechanism Of Action
One often intractable problem for which cannabis provides relief is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I have more than 100 patients with PTSD.
Among those reporting...
For Veterans With PTSD, Marijuana Can Mean Life
Switching from marijuana to legal "prescribed" drugs can be a killer.
Lynn Morse was denied a Purple Heart for a battle injury that his life...
Medical Marijuana – PTSD And The Iraq Veteran
We're back from the war. We can't sleep. We're getting divorced. If marijuana is good for post-traumatic stress, who are we to deny its...
Marijuana-Like Substance In Brain Could Help Treat Parkinson’s
Neuroscientists have found that a substance similar to the active ingredient in marijuana but produced naturally in the brain helps to control mobility --...
Neuroprotection In Parkinson’s Disease: Modafinil And Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol
Abstract: In Parkinson's disease (PD) is the output of the basal ganglia irreversibly affected due to degeneration of the neuromelanin-containing dopaminergic neurons in the...
Morphine-Cannabis Super-Painkiller
Pain can often be better managed when two types of painkiller are used together. For example, it has recently become known that cannabinoids such...
Marijuana And Pain / Analgesia
The Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics published an article by researchers from GW Pharmaceuticals in the U.K. (Vol. 1, No. 3/4, 2001, pp. 183-205) which...
Finding The Dose Window For Optimal Pain Relief From Cannabis
Dose-dependent Effects of Smoked Cannabis on Capsaicin-induced Pain and Hyperalgesia in Healthy Volunteers
Abstract
Background: Although the preclinical literature suggests that cannabinoids produce antinociception and antihyperalgesic...
Pain Management With Cannabis
Cannabinoid Analgesia as a Potential New Therapeutic Option in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Tammy L Burns, PharmD
at time of writing, Pharmacy Practice Resident, Creighton...
Dr. Robert V. Brody: Declaration. Cannabis And Hospice Ethics – Pain...
1. I am a physician licensed to practice in the State of California. I am currently Chief of the Pain Consultation Clinic at San...
Pharmacokinetics And Cannabinoid Action Using Oral Cannabis Extract
A simple dosing regimen for cannabinoid therapies is complicated by individual variance in rates of breakdown in the liver and intestinal absorption. This trial...
An Ancient Look At A New Medical Approach For Pain
Dr. Donna Schwontkowski interviews Dr. Phillip Denney, M.D.
Cannabis: should it be legal or not? Decide for yourself after you read this interview with Dr....
Cannabis Effective At Relieving Pain After Major Surgery
A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery such as knee replacements, a study by Imperial College London and the...