Studies have shown that medical marijuana can reduce the problem that happen when someone has what is known as chronic pain syndrome which is when a burning sensation occurs and a simple touch can feel like pain.
This condition is unaffected by drugs in the aspirin family and fairly resistant to stronger analgesics such as opiates.
A study on neuropathic pain related to HIV infection had 50 patients smoked medical marijuana cigarettes three times a day or medical marijuana cigarettes from which active ingredients had been extracted in a study done in 2007 .
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.
Another study in 44 patients reported that they found medical marijuana helped reduce neuropathic pain arising from a variety of conditions, including spinalcord injury and diabetes and was published in 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.
The average pain ratings before smoking were 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 puff.
Drugs like analgesic are often tested against experimentally induced pain. Studies have been conducted for medical marijuana as well.
One such example of this is when 15 healthy volunteers received skin injections with capsaicin as was published in 2007 in the journal Anesthesiology.
the chemical behind that fiery spice in chile peppers is capsaicin; the group then smoked different-strength medical marijuana cigarettes.
The medium dose, with a 4% THC concentration, lessened the burning pain.
The studies all concluded that smoked 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. - 16492
This condition is unaffected by drugs in the aspirin family and fairly resistant to stronger analgesics such as opiates.
A study on neuropathic pain related to HIV infection had 50 patients smoked medical marijuana cigarettes three times a day or medical marijuana cigarettes from which active ingredients had been extracted in a study done in 2007 .
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.
Another study in 44 patients reported that they found medical marijuana helped reduce neuropathic pain arising from a variety of conditions, including spinalcord injury and diabetes and was published in 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.
The average pain ratings before smoking were 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 puff.
Drugs like analgesic are often tested against experimentally induced pain. Studies have been conducted for medical marijuana as well.
One such example of this is when 15 healthy volunteers received skin injections with capsaicin as was published in 2007 in the journal Anesthesiology.
the chemical behind that fiery spice in chile peppers is capsaicin; the group then smoked different-strength medical marijuana cigarettes.
The medium dose, with a 4% THC concentration, lessened the burning pain.
The studies all concluded that smoked 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. - 16492
About the Author:
For more than 30 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 looks into the medicinal positives of the marijuana seed.
