Dealing with tight, sore, contracting muscles is life for many of the 2.5 million people around the planet suffer from Multiple Sclerosis. Such is the case for many of the 15 million patients with spinal cord injuries who also suffer from the same symptoms, which cause pain, limit movement, and rob people of needed sleep.
Traditional medications do help minimize some of the discomfort that these patients suffer from however, they rarely provide complete relief. Many times the traditional drugs cause the user to feel weak, lethargic, as well as other side effects that some patients find intolerable such constipation.
With this outlook, many patients who have MS and spinal injuries have sought the use of medical marijuana because when they smoke the herb, their pain decreases.
Marijuana also aided in reducing the patients nausea as well as providing a more restful sleep. A survey done in 1982 found that 21 of 43 patients with spinal chord injuries found marijuana helpful in their many discomforts, while a 1997 study found that all of the 112 MS patients surveyed found marijuana useful in reducing spasticity (this is when the muscles tense up toward reflexively and resist stretching) and pain.
This study is not intended to show that all people who suffer from MS find relief simply those who use marijuana do.
test done with animals show that marijuana helps reduce spasticity. Spasms are thought to occur in the brain where movement occurs, including the cannabinoid receptors.
One such experiment showed that when rodents receive small doses of cannabinoids they become more active, yet when they receive higher doses they are less active
Many marijuana users also note that the drug affects movement, making their bodies sway and their hands unsteady.
The exact process in which cannabinoids exert these effects remains unknown. Despite the suggestive findings and the depth of anecdotal evidence, marijuana's antispasmodic properties remain largely untested in the clinic.
The few reports that are available remain small in scope and hard to find.
Still, the lack of good universally effective medicine for muscle spasticity is a compelling reason to continue exploring cannonaded drugs in the clinic.
Traditional medications do help minimize some of the discomfort that these patients suffer from however, they rarely provide complete relief. Many times the traditional drugs cause the user to feel weak, lethargic, as well as other side effects that some patients find intolerable such constipation.
With this outlook, many patients who have MS and spinal injuries have sought the use of medical marijuana because when they smoke the herb, their pain decreases.
Marijuana also aided in reducing the patients nausea as well as providing a more restful sleep. A survey done in 1982 found that 21 of 43 patients with spinal chord injuries found marijuana helpful in their many discomforts, while a 1997 study found that all of the 112 MS patients surveyed found marijuana useful in reducing spasticity (this is when the muscles tense up toward reflexively and resist stretching) and pain.
This study is not intended to show that all people who suffer from MS find relief simply those who use marijuana do.
test done with animals show that marijuana helps reduce spasticity. Spasms are thought to occur in the brain where movement occurs, including the cannabinoid receptors.
One such experiment showed that when rodents receive small doses of cannabinoids they become more active, yet when they receive higher doses they are less active
Many marijuana users also note that the drug affects movement, making their bodies sway and their hands unsteady.
The exact process in which cannabinoids exert these effects remains unknown. Despite the suggestive findings and the depth of anecdotal evidence, marijuana's antispasmodic properties remain largely untested in the clinic.
The few reports that are available remain small in scope and hard to find.
Still, the lack of good universally effective medicine for muscle spasticity is a compelling reason to continue exploring cannonaded drugs in the clinic.
About the Author:
For the past three decades, Dr. Julian Reindhurst has studies the medicinal benefits of marijuana. He currently has a blog that gives the historical perspective of how marijuana seeds benefited other ancient civilizations. He also has a site that looks into the medicinal benefits of the marijuana seed.
0 commentaires:
Enregistrer un commentaire