Dealing with stiff, cramping muscles, and daily aching is just another way of life for 2.5 million people who live with MS. Another 15 million people who suffer from spinal chord injuries have similar pains on top of limited movement and the lack of sleep they most desperately need.
Traditional medications do help minimize some of the discomfort that these patients suffer from however, they rarely provide complete relief. Many times the traditional drugs cause the user to feel weak, lethargic, as well as other side effects that some patients find intolerable such constipation.
With this outlook, many patients who have MS and spinal injuries have sought the use of medical marijuana because when they smoke the herb, their pain decreases.
Patients of spinal chord injuries and MS also said they valued the drug because it relieved nausea or helped them sleep. A 1982 study of people with spinal cord injuries, found that 21 of 43 of the case studies reported that marijuana lessened muscle spasticity (a condition in which muscles tense reflexively and resist stretching), while nearly every participant in a 1997 survey of 112 regular marijuana users with multiple sclerosis replied that the drug lessened both pain and spasticity.
This study is not intended to show that all people who suffer from MS find relief simply those who use marijuana do.
test done with animals show that marijuana helps reduce spasticity. Spasms are thought to occur in the brain where movement occurs, including the cannabinoid receptors.
One such experiment showed that when rodents receive small doses of cannabinoids they become more active, yet when they receive higher doses they are less active
Many users report that the herb makes their body sway back and fourth.
The exact process in which cannabinoids exert these effects remains unknown. Despite the suggestive findings and the depth of anecdotal evidence, marijuana's antispasmodic properties remain largely untested in the clinic.
Very few reports are helpful because they are limited in the amount of people and in general hard to find.
Still, the lack of good universally effective medicine for muscle spasticity is a compelling reason to continue exploring cannonaded drugs in the clinic.
Traditional medications do help minimize some of the discomfort that these patients suffer from however, they rarely provide complete relief. Many times the traditional drugs cause the user to feel weak, lethargic, as well as other side effects that some patients find intolerable such constipation.
With this outlook, many patients who have MS and spinal injuries have sought the use of medical marijuana because when they smoke the herb, their pain decreases.
Patients of spinal chord injuries and MS also said they valued the drug because it relieved nausea or helped them sleep. A 1982 study of people with spinal cord injuries, found that 21 of 43 of the case studies reported that marijuana lessened muscle spasticity (a condition in which muscles tense reflexively and resist stretching), while nearly every participant in a 1997 survey of 112 regular marijuana users with multiple sclerosis replied that the drug lessened both pain and spasticity.
This study is not intended to show that all people who suffer from MS find relief simply those who use marijuana do.
test done with animals show that marijuana helps reduce spasticity. Spasms are thought to occur in the brain where movement occurs, including the cannabinoid receptors.
One such experiment showed that when rodents receive small doses of cannabinoids they become more active, yet when they receive higher doses they are less active
Many users report that the herb makes their body sway back and fourth.
The exact process in which cannabinoids exert these effects remains unknown. Despite the suggestive findings and the depth of anecdotal evidence, marijuana's antispasmodic properties remain largely untested in the clinic.
Very few reports are helpful because they are limited in the amount of people and in general hard to find.
Still, the lack of good universally effective medicine for muscle spasticity is a compelling reason to continue exploring cannonaded drugs in the clinic.
About the Author:
For 30 years, Dr. Julian Reindhurst has studies the medicinal benefits of marijuana. He currently has a blog that gives the historical perspective of how marijuana seeds benefited other ancient civilizations. He also has a website site that looks into the medicinal benefits of the marijuana seed.
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