Medical Cannabis Discussions
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MEDICINAL CANNABIS WARNING / DISCLAIMER
There is no pharmacological free lunch in cannabis or any drug. Negative reactions can result. A small percentage of people have negative or allergic reactions to marijuana. Heart patients could have problems, even though cannabis generally relieves stress, dilates the arteries, and in general lowers the diastolic pressure. A small percentage of people get especially high heart rates and anxieties with cannabis. These persons should not use it. Some bronchial asthma sufferers benefit from cannabis; however, for others it may serve as an additional irritant.
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Drugmaker to test fat-fighting marijuana drug.
Drugmaker to test fat-fighting marijuana drug link to original article GW Pharmaceuticals says it has a cannabis-derived treatment to suppress hunger; company plans to start human trials. January 30 2007: 1:41 PM EST LONDON (Reuters) -- Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said Tuesday it plans to start human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis. Cannabis is commonly associated with stimulating hunger. Several other companies, including Sanofi-Aventis with Acomplia, are working on new drugs that try to switch off the brain circuits that make people hungry when they smoke it. GW Pharma, however, says it has derived a treatment from cannab…
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Latest Research
Results of Sativex® Phase III Neuropathic Pain Trials Demonstrate Benefits for High Need Treatment-Resistant Patients 15/01/2007 15 January 2007: GW Pharmaceuticals plc (“GW”) today announces preliminary results of two Phase III studies of Sativex®, its cannabinoid spray medicine, in peripheral neuropathic pain. These studies are part of a programme to generate data for the future expansion of the use of Sativex in Europe beyond Multiple Sclerosis (MS) into other pain conditions. The results of the study in patients with neuropathic pain characterised by allodynia show that patients taking Sativex obtain clinically important improvements in their management of pain …
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Uncle Had Cancer
Back acouple years ago we all found out that my uncle had Prostate Cancer, he went through countless chemotherapy treatments for about 2years, with no luck. The final faw months of is life his doctor aproched me in the hospital hall, he asked if i could get a hold of some Maryjane to treat his pain. My uncle was using that much morphine it had no effect on pain killing anymore. Perfect timing, i was just about to pull out a couple of oz of Northen Lights 2. (good potant smoke) anyway to cut a very very long story short, i went back to the hospital everyday for 3months with a couple of joints. i used to wheel him out in the smokers court yard and both of us lit ups th…
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20.5% of People with HIV use Cannabis medicinally
HIV Futures 5 'Life as we know it', a 2006 survey by La Trobe University has found 20.5% of respondents use Cannabis for therapeutic purposes in the past 6 months. 982 HIV+ people were interviewed believed to represent 6.4% of Australia's total HIV+ population (approximately 16,000). This equates to approximately 3,200 HIV+ Australians who regularly break the law simply for treating their illness. A further 44.9% admitted to recreational Cannabis use. I was one of the 982 and I break the law daily, therapeutically of course :-)
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hand infection and cephalexin
hey hey, the doctor put me on cephalexin for my cut on my hand...can i chase it with a bong? :edit i must admit, i ask because i've already done it...just wanna know if it will kill me...any feedback would be great
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New to the website
Hey all What a fantastic website! I used to be a bigtime skunk smoker back in the 80's and then didnt smoke for around 10 years.... but Christmas last year saw me diagnosed with metestatic colon cancer (yep its in my liver as well). Chemotherapy has been a godawful toll, but thank the gods, I found smoking again. It reduces my nuasea and pain, increases my appetite and makes me feel a whole lot better about this whole shitty situation. im the only one at the Cancer treatment centre on chemo that actually puts on weight during treatment anyhow keep up the good work you guys!
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Cannabis as risk factor for mental illness
Hi everyone Im looking out for some good info from the net about debunking the thought of Cannabis as a high risk factor for mental illness Peope like me use pot for Medical reasons etc etc , and time and time again our wondrful GOV keeps giviing us propaganda on Cannabis as risk a very high factor for mental illness, especialy Schizophrenia... Look I have suffered from Bi-polar Mood disorder and Hay Pot has worked better then any benzodiazapines from the docs so they can shove Valium up their @$@$@$#@$#@ Pot is far kinder to you even the next morning! love to her from ya a web addy wold be great
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Anyone an insomniac?
Hi all Bright and tired and awake still Was wondering how many people use for Insomnia? I have been for 13 years or so...and it works a treat 4 me How does it affect U ? Simple question I know... Maybe U could give me some more detailed answers Anyhow now I will await ur replyz, I think Im finally feelin the need to sleep ... Mybe ... hehe (hope so i need it) Thankyou ... Out.
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help plz
hi growers do any of u no any web sites with picture grow guides plz
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Coughing up black shit
yeah pretty much a yes or no question. am i dieing?
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a compilation of articles
i don't know if this has been posted before but i thought i would post it anyway http://www.resist.com.au/comments/c1848.asp it's late so haven't read all of it....
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Call on cannabis medicine
Call on cannabis medicine By Carol Nader January 24, 2006 AUSTRALIA'S drug regulator should decide whether medical use of cannabis is permitted, according to the head of the committee developing the first national cannabis strategy. In a move likely to increase pressure on federal and state governments to allow medicinal use of the drug, Richard Mattick, chairman of the national cannabis strategy, said the Therapeutic Goods Administration determined the effectiveness and safety of medication, and cannabis should be treated the same way. The TGA's role was to approve new therapeutics in Australia and it was up to it to determine whether medication was safe and effect…
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Disability Pension Help?
Just wondering if anyone has recently applied for the disability pension lately (in Australia) and whether the stories about their doctors being arseholes when they check you over are true, can anyone let me know about their experiences with the doctors and the Centrelink review panel?
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Cannabis a Treatment for Childhood Mental Disorders
In 1996, California legalized cannabis as a treatment for "any... condition for which marijuana brings relief." Although the law does not constrain physicians from approving the use of cannabis by children and adolescents doctors have been reluctant to approve cannabis use by patients under 16 years of age, and have done so only in cases in which prescribable pharmaceuticals had been tried unsuccessfully. The case of Alex P. suggests that the practice of employing pharmaceutical drugs as first-line treatment exposes children gratuitously to harmful side effects. Alex aged 15 years and six months, had previously been prescribed Ritalin, Prozac, Paxil, Maxalt, Immitrex, …
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Self Medication with Cannabis
I have only really had problems for about two years or so, and been on olanzapine for a year in total now. Whenever I had cannabis, I didnt use olanzapine though... and I was fine. My eating was fine, my sleep was fine, my thinking was nice and relaxed and life was great I guess. But now its been 14 weeks nearly with no Cannabis (Two years ago I went without it for a year, it was ok.) and also, no cigarettes, meth (using only one and a half years, thats why im like this probably) or other drugs (pills etc)... and Im on Sodium valproate, a mood stabilizer (Which I havent taken for 3 weeks or so now, and I feel much better without) and Olanzapine, a strong antipsychotic. W…
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