Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib...
by sehugg on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @12:14AM
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MS sufferers take it for muscle spasms and neuropathy. Opioids have problems like tolerance and stomach irritation that cannabis does not, and since MS is usually a lifelong affliction this can be bad over the long term.
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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib...
by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @06:24AM
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I was going to comment something similar. I'll add this, however. Some MS patients also suffer with muscle spasticity - basically a muscle that stays contracted. This can be painful and limit mobility: At best it is uncomfortable. Normal treatment includes things like Valium.
In tests with cannabis, patients reported improvements with both mobility and the amount of pain/discomfort. However, when researchers measured the spasticity there was no clinical improvement. Both were true - it seems sometimes all folks need to do is not be so bothered by their daily pains.