Neuropathic Pain Decreased With Medical Marijuana Resarch Shows
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 has been shown to be unaffected by drugs like aspirin and very 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.
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.
The study was conducted by having the participants smoke medical marijuana on a set schedule of the first two puffs, three puffs an hour later, followed by four puffs an hour after that -- and the product 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.
Analgesic drugs are often tested against experimentally induced pain. These 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.
capsaicin is the chemical behind that fiery spice in chile peppers and 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.
chronic pain syndrome has been shown to be unaffected by drugs like aspirin and very 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.
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.
The study was conducted by having the participants smoke medical marijuana on a set schedule of the first two puffs, three puffs an hour later, followed by four puffs an hour after that -- and the product 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.
Analgesic drugs are often tested against experimentally induced pain. These 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.
capsaicin is the chemical behind that fiery spice in chile peppers and 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.
About the Author:
For more than 3 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 looks into the medicinal positives of the marijuana seed.
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