Marijuana and Health Claims

[luchog]

The doctor wanted me to use the pot before I went to bed. I don't smoke it, I eat it. The problem is that it has always energized me. I get almost manic, can't sleep, and almost always start working on some project. Since I have started to use it a bit earlier, by the time it's bedtime I'm tired and sleep more of a deep-sleep then if I had not used the pot. It often lets me sleep through the chronic pain.

This is due mainly to the THC/CBD ratio. THC is actually not that useful, as recent studies have shown in the CBD that is the cannabinoid that is effective at reducing neuropathic pain and inflammation. Fortunately, there are high-CBD/low-THC strains increasingly available.

 

[Varanid]

The problem is that it has always energized me. I get almost manic, can't sleep, and almost always start working on some project. Since I have started to use it a bit earlier, by the time it's bedtime I'm tired and sleep more of a deep-sleep then if I had not used the pot. It often lets me sleep through the chronic pain.

You may want to look into the differences between sativa and indica strains.

 

[Morchella]

I had a hematopoietic stem cell transplant almost four years ago for acute myeloid leukemia. Now I have chronic graft versus host disease which is peculiar to SCT patients. I have a nasty case of painful non diabetic peripheral neuropathy. It could be from the immune suppressant Prograf or cGVHD. I have tried all the non narcotic drugs for nerve pain like gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta and venlofaxine. At first I thought those drugs might be working a little but the pain was always still there and any perceived pain relief eventually regressed to the mean. None of those drugs worked a whit. Pot didn't help either. It perhaps let me ignore the pain a little but the side effects of malingering, stupor, and a-motivational syndrome were not worth it. I have a lot of chronic nausea from gut cGVHD and pot did little to help. The drug Zofran works much better for anti nausea. I know this is anecdotal but pot didn't help me at all for nerve pain and nausea. Oxycodone does help the pain with fewer side effects than pot. I know...WTF, JFC,.. Opioids have fewer side effects? In my case the dose for pain relief is a sub "high" dose. I still feel pretty normal except the pain is deadened more than a little.

 

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