Recent studies done by scientist has shown medical marijuana can alleviate a condition called chronic pain syndrome which is a burning sensation that occurs when a slight touch of something can feel like a wound.
chronic pain syndrome is unique because the condition is unaffected by aspirin type drugs and is extremely resistant to stronger analgesics such as opiates.
In 2007 a study pertaining to neuropathic pain was done on patients with HIV related infections where they had fifty patients smoke medical marijuana cigarettes three times a day or medical marijuana cigarettes from which the active ingredients had been extracted.
The studies were then instructed to rate their pain on a scale ranging from no pain to worst pain imaginable.
The results showed a 34% reduction in ratings of pain in the medical marijuana group compared with 17% in the placebo group over five days of treatment as was published in the journal Neurology.
Additional research concluded that 44 patients found that medical marijuana alleviated neuropathic pain arising from a variety of conditions, including spinal cord injury and diabetes and was published in June in the Journal of Pain.
Participants smoked medical marijuana on a set schedule -- first two puffs, then three puffs an hour later, then four puffs an hour after that -- from a single cigarette containing either 0%, 3.5%, or 7% THC.
Prior to smoking medical marijuana, the average pain rating was a 55 on a 100-point scale and decreased by 46% in both treatment groups and by 27% in the placebo group one hour after the last inhale.
Analgesic drugs are often tested against experimentally induced pain. These studies have been conducted for medical marijuana as well.
For example, 15 healthy volunteers received skin injections with capsaicin in a study conducted in 2007 and reported in the journal Anesthesiology.
capsaicin is the compound behind that fiery spice in chile peppers; and then the participants smoked different strength medical marijuana cigarettes.
The medium dose, with a 4% THC concentration, lessened the burning pain.
The research concluded that smoking marijuana can bring relief to sufferers of neuropathic pain comparable to other analgesic drugs.
Just like all medications it is not a cure, It's just like other pain medicines as you have to keep taking it. - 16004
chronic pain syndrome is unique because the condition is unaffected by aspirin type drugs and is extremely resistant to stronger analgesics such as opiates.
In 2007 a study pertaining to neuropathic pain was done on patients with HIV related infections where they had fifty patients smoke medical marijuana cigarettes three times a day or medical marijuana cigarettes from which the active ingredients had been extracted.
The studies were then instructed to rate their pain on a scale ranging from no pain to worst pain imaginable.
The results showed a 34% reduction in ratings of pain in the medical marijuana group compared with 17% in the placebo group over five days of treatment as was published in the journal Neurology.
Additional research concluded that 44 patients found that medical marijuana alleviated neuropathic pain arising from a variety of conditions, including spinal cord injury and diabetes and was published in June in the Journal of Pain.
Participants smoked medical marijuana on a set schedule -- first two puffs, then three puffs an hour later, then four puffs an hour after that -- from a single cigarette containing either 0%, 3.5%, or 7% THC.
Prior to smoking medical marijuana, the average pain rating was a 55 on a 100-point scale and decreased by 46% in both treatment groups and by 27% in the placebo group one hour after the last inhale.
Analgesic drugs are often tested against experimentally induced pain. These studies have been conducted for medical marijuana as well.
For example, 15 healthy volunteers received skin injections with capsaicin in a study conducted in 2007 and reported in the journal Anesthesiology.
capsaicin is the compound behind that fiery spice in chile peppers; and then the participants smoked different strength medical marijuana cigarettes.
The medium dose, with a 4% THC concentration, lessened the burning pain.
The research concluded that smoking marijuana can bring relief to sufferers of neuropathic pain comparable to other analgesic drugs.
Just like all medications it is not a cure, It's just like other pain medicines as you have to keep taking it. - 16004
About the Author:
For more than thirty years, Dr. Julian Reindhurst has studies the medicinal powers of marijuana. He has a blog that gives the perspective of how marijuana seeds benefited other civilizations. He also authors a website site that researches into the medicinal positives of the marijuana seed.
