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.
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 .
They then had the patients rate their pain on a scale ranging from "no pain" to "worst pain imaginable."
The results revealed a 34% reduction in ratings of pain in the medical marijuana group compared with 17% in the placebo group over five days of research and published in the journal Neurology.
An additional study concluded that 44 patients reported in June found that medical marijuana took away neuropathic pain resulting from a variety of conditions, including spinal cord injury and diabetes and was published in the Journal of Pain.
The case study was conducted in the following manner -- the medical marijuana group was first instructed 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 rating of pain was around 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 smoke.
It is quite normal for analgesic drugs are often tested against experimentally induced pain. Such studies have been conducted for medical marijuana too.
One such example of this is when 15 healthy volunteers received skin injections with capsaicin as was published in 2007 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.
It's not a cure, It's like other pain medicines, you have to keep taking it to continue to get the positive effects. - 15437
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 .
They then had the patients rate their pain on a scale ranging from "no pain" to "worst pain imaginable."
The results revealed a 34% reduction in ratings of pain in the medical marijuana group compared with 17% in the placebo group over five days of research and published in the journal Neurology.
An additional study concluded that 44 patients reported in June found that medical marijuana took away neuropathic pain resulting from a variety of conditions, including spinal cord injury and diabetes and was published in the Journal of Pain.
The case study was conducted in the following manner -- the medical marijuana group was first instructed 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 rating of pain was around 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 smoke.
It is quite normal for analgesic drugs are often tested against experimentally induced pain. Such studies have been conducted for medical marijuana too.
One such example of this is when 15 healthy volunteers received skin injections with capsaicin as was published in 2007 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.
It's not a cure, It's like other pain medicines, you have to keep taking it to continue to get the positive effects. - 15437
About the Author:
For more than three decades, 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.
