Transdermal Cannabis Patch Treats Chronic Pain: Combats Prescription Painkiller Epidemic
One of the latest products to hit the marijuana market is the transdermal pain relief patch. This method works by placing the adhesive on any veinous part of the body and delivers medicine gradually over the period of several hours. The transdermal patches offered by Mary’s Medicinals won “Most Innovative Product” at the 2015 CannAwards. These forms […]
USING MEDICAL CANNABIS TO TREAT SEIZURES IN CHILDREN
As many as 30 percent of people with epilepsy — or about one million Americans — still have seizures while on Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments. It’s left many who suffer from uncontrollable seizures — or their parents, as many of them are children — turning to medical marijuana and its derivatives in […]
Medical Marijuana Found To Have Yet Another Benefit: Killing Tumors
Many benefits of medical marijuana are well known, but the hurdles to legalization make it difficult to study the full range of benefits of a drug that could reportedly save Medicare $1 billion per year. Nonetheless, researchers led by Dr. Wai Liu at the University of London soldiered on and studied a new application for the cannabinoids (including THC and CBD) found […]
Weed Chewing Gum to treat Fibromyalgia Pain.Would You Try This?
Any individual who knows somebody who experiences fibromyalgia or who suffers from it themselves knows how inconceivably excruciating and persistent this malady can be. Gratefully, as more individuals wind up plainly mindful of this sickness, more research endeavors are being redirected into discovering a compelling treatment or cure. The latest of these revelations uncovers […]
First Of Its Kind Study Shows Undeniable Evidence Cannabis Can Cure Opioid Addiction
As the opioid epidemic rages on, those professing to seek “solutions” are willfully ignoring one of the most promising treatments – medical cannabis. When the Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA) was being debated in 2016, amendments to study medical cannabis were stripped out. This happened despite studies showing that medical cannabis eases neuropathic […]
Study Shows Big Pharma Losing Grip Nearly 100% Cannabis Users Give Up Rx Pain Meds
A landmark study helps explain why Big Pharma is so afraid of the medical benefits of cannabis. The pharmaceutical and alcohol industries, both powerful influences in Washington, have long lobbied against cannabis legalization in order to protect their profits. The recent study is lending credibility to the idea that medical cannabis can be used as a […]
Brave Congressman Openly Defying Drug War to Bring Cannabis to Sick Kids
Since at least 2015, one Georgia lawmaker has bravely defied the law to bring medical cannabis into his state, to help children suffering from debilitating conditions such as chronic seizures. Rep. Allen Peake’s campaign of civil disobedience has evolved into an extensive distribution network, and along the way, he has attracted the support of […]
Woman Rids Body of Cancer in 4 Months Using Cannabis Oil
Woman Rids Body of Cancer in 4 Months Using Cannabis Oil Medical doctors and healthcare personnel alike are stymied by the miraculous cure which recently occurred to Michelle Aldrich who suffered from a deadly form of lung cancer. Michelle was sixty-six years old at the time. Initially she developed a low-grade fever and cough which […]
Cannabis Shows Promise In Yet Another Type of Cancer: HCC Liver Tumors
Over the last couple years, we’ve watched researchers unearth new evidence supporting marijuana’s therapeutic potential in various types of cancer, some of which include bladder cancer, glioma, leukemia, and breast cancer. Now researchers from China’s Guangzhou Medical University suspect that cannabis compounds could offer future treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type […]
Cannabis Gives Stroke Patients Hope
University of Otago New research by University of Otago scientists suggests some mechanisms in the brain targeted by cannabis could become drugs targets to counter brain cell damage after a stroke. Researchers from the Medical School’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology have been the first in the world to show the cannabinoid CB2 receptor appears […]
Fibromyalgia: Is Marijuana The Best Treatment?
Marijuana is outpacing prescription drugs when it comes to fibromyalgia relief. This phenomenon isn’t surprising; researchers have been pushing for cannabis-based therapies for the disease for over the past 12 years. Luckily, there are now more options than ever for patients hoping to kick narcotics and find relief in a more natural and effective way. […]
Marijuana Rated Most Effective for Treating Fibromyalgia
Medical marijuana is far more effective at treating symptoms of fibromyalgia than any of the three prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the disorder. That is one of the surprise findings in an online survey of over 1,300 fibromyalgia patients conducted by the National Pain Foundation and National Pain Report. […]