As an offshoot of odrades thread:
Anybody know anything about marijuana for epilepsy?
Marijuana for epilepsy
by avishai 8 Replies latest jw friends
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stephoness
From http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/medical/challenges/litigators/medical/conditions/epilepsy.cfm
Clinical experience and emerging research further indicate that marijuana can help control epileptic seizures.(45) Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the primary (and nonpsychoactive) cannabinoids present in the cannabis plant, appears to be of particular benefit, allowing patients who ingest it at certain times to avoid seizure activity. Some epileptics who cannot tolerate other antiseizure medications have been able to use marijuana to successfully control their seizures, without experiencing debilitating side effects.
From http://www.mellowgold.com/medical/epilepsy.html
Some people with grand mal seizures say they can prevent their seizures entirely by smoking marijuana. Others, who suffer complex partial seizures, report that marijuana also curbs their symptoms and prevents loss of consciousness. Marijuana is not considered useful for treating petit mal or absence seizures and may even worsen them.
Some patients find that marijuana works in conjunction with other drugs they are taking. Others find that marijuana works best for them when it is used without other drugs. Either way, these epileptic patients have made marijuana a necessary part of their medical treatment.
People using marijuana to control epilepsy should be aware that withdrawal from any medication that controls seizures may leave you more susceptible to the seizures. Marijuana is no exception. Patients with epilepsy are advised to exercise caution when using oral THC because there is not sufficient knowledge about the convulsive or anti-convulsive properties of the single compound.
Other websites of interest:
http://www.rxmarihuana.com/epilepsy.htm
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Mr Ben
Well I never...
A friend of mine could not cope with the pain of her advancing Multiple Sclerosis without M. Apparently it was much more effective than the prescription drugs she was given.
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GermanXJW
I read an article about a guy suffering from Tourette-syndrome. He smoked weed and the symptoms were gone for that time.
When his parents saw the results they started fighting for legalize MJ for therapeutic reasons. -
Rabbit
Well...I like THAT news...
It must be true...at the Dallas ApostaChiliFest I did not have even one single partial complex seizure, the whole weekend !
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avishai
LOL @ rabbit. Hey, thanks again for your earlier advice on seizures. Can you imagine you and I in a jacuzzi w/ a strobe light? We would'nt even need the Jets!!!!
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Fleur
as someone who suffers from pain from MS and has been allergic to the medicines they've given me to treat it, i would like to see them somehow work the compound into a pill, my lungs aren't healthy enough for me to smoke anything legal or not.
also, i wouldn't want to be on weed around my kid, i think it would compromise my ability to parent properly, pain management or not. so i live with a lot of pain, and hell maybe by the time she's grown and gone they'll make it legal and i'll give it a go lol
fleur
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avishai
Fleur, anecdotal evidence suggests that pain tends to make you more ineffective than marijuana, and you cn eat it or make a tea. There was a great episode on it on Montel. I'll see if I can find a transcript
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avishai
bttt