Medical Marijuana Nausea & Vomiting Research Articles

Stanford Study: Enhancing activity of marijuana-like chemicals in brain helps treat Parkinson's symptoms in mice

STANFORD, Calif. — Marijuana-like chemicals in the brain may point to a treatment for the debilitating condition of Parkinson’s disease. In a study published in the Feb. 8 issue of Nature, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine report that...

Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells

The findings were published in the April 2009 issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. The study showed, conclusively, that THC (the active alkaloid in Cannabis) caused brain cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy. This process causes cells to...

Cannabis and THC Improve Bladder Function in MS and Spinal Cord Injury

Preliminary results of clinical research conducted in the UK and in Switzerland show that cannabis and THC are able to reduce hyperactivity of the bladder in patients with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury. The Swiss study conducted at the REHAB in Basel under...

Science Daily: Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows

The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies. They say this is the first...

Reduce Fibromyalgia Pain and Fibromyalgia Symptoms with Medical Marijuana

Can medical marijuana help fibromyalgia patients by reducing fibromyalgia pain and symptoms? According to many people with fibromyalgia, the answer is a resounding, "Yes." Scientific studies have shown that THC may help to decrease chronic pain in patients with...

Guardian UK: Parkinson's treated with marijuana-like chemicals

A treatment for Parkinson's disease has been dramatically improved by boosting the levels of natural marijuana-like chemicals in the brain. Researchers combined a drug used to treat patients with another that prevents the breakdown of substances called cannabinoids in...

Cannabis-Based Medicine Trial: Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity

A six-week, placebo-controlled clinical trial of an oral spray drug derived from whole cannabis plants (Sativex® -- GW Pharmaceuticals, Salisbury, UK) involving 189 individuals with multiple sclerosis showed positive changes in a self-reported measurement of...

Cannabis Treatment: Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation

In a number of painful syndromes secondary to inflammatory processes (e.g. ulcerative colitis, arthritis), cannabis products may act not only as analgesics but also demonstrate anti-inflammatory potential. For example, some patients employing cannabis report a...

Cannabis Treatment: Dependency and Withdrawal

According to historical and modern case reports cannabis is a good remedy to combat withdrawal in dependency on benzodiazepines, opiates and alcohol. For this reason, some have referred to it as a gateway drug back. In this context, both the reduction of physical...

Cannabis Treatment: Asthma

Experiments examining the anti-asthmatic effect of THC or cannabis date mainly from the 1970s, and are all acute studies. The effects of a cannabis cigarette (2% THC) or oral THC (15 mg), respectively, approximately correspond to those obtained with therapeutic doses...

Cannabis Treatment: Epilepsy

The use in epilepsy is among its historically oldest indications of cannabis. Animal experiments provide evidence of the antiepileptic effects of some cannabinoids. The anticonvulsant activity of phenytoin and diazepam have been potentiated by THC. According to a few...

Cannabis Treatment: Movement Disorders

There are some positive anecdotal reports of therapeutic response to cannabis in Tourette's syndrome, dystonia and tardive dyskinesia. The use in Tourette's syndrome is currently being investigated in clinical studies. Many patients achieve a modest improvement,...

Cannabis Treatment: Spasticity

In many clinical trials of THC, nabilone and cannabis, a beneficial effect on spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury has been observed. Among other positively influenced symptoms were pain, paraesthesia, tremor and ataxia. In some studies...

Cannabis Treatment: Anorexia and Cachexia

An appetite enhancing effect of THC is observed with daily divided doses totalling 5 mg. When required, the daily dose may be increased to 20 mg. In a long-term study of 94 AIDS patients, the appetite-stimulating effect of THC continued for months, confirming the...

Cannabis Treatment: Nausea and Vomiting

Treatment of side effects associated with antineoplastic therapy is the indication for cannabinoids which has been most documented, with about 40 studies (THC, nabilone, other THC analogues, cannabis). Most trials were conducted in the 1980s. THC has to be dosed...

Cannabinoids and Cystic Fibrosis: A Novel Approach to Etiology and Therapy

Written by Ester Fride Study Highlights... "Pulmonary dysfunction has long been considered the primary cause for morbidity and mortality in CF (Pilewski and Frizell 1999), with malnutrition appearing as a compounding detrimental factor (Borowitz 1996). More...

CNN: Medical marijuana may help fibromyalgia pain

Lynda, a 48-year-old mother of three who lives in upstate New York, got a diagnosis of fibromyalgia in 2000. While there are prescription medications for fibromyalgia, she's found one unconventional drug -- marijuana -- that really does the trick. "I would use...

Cannabis Use, Effect And Potential Therapy For Alzheimer's, MS and Parkinson's

ScienceDaily - Cannabis (marijuana) is the most widely produced plant-based illicit drug worldwide and the illegal drug most frequently used in Europe. Its use increased in almost all EU countries during the 1990s, in particular among young people, including school...

Refractory CRPS Patients Discontinue Opiates With Cannabinoid Treatment

by David Wild, Pharmacy Practice News Montreal—An oral cannabinoid was associated with up to 60% reductions in pain in 10 patients with refractory complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), according to research presented at the 2010 annual World Congress on Pain in...

BBC NEWS: Marijuana may block Alzheimer's

The active ingredient in marijuana may stall decline from Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. Scientists showed a synthetic version of the compound may reduce inflammation associated with Alzheimer's and thus help to prevent mental decline. They hope the...