Medical Marijuana and Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive neuro-degenerative disease where the brain and spinal cord are damaged by the gradual destruction of myelin, which is the tissue that covers and protects the brain and spinal cord. Patients who have MS suffer with painful muscle spasms, numbness, impaired vision, loss of balance and coordination, tremors, and weakness. There is currently no known cure for MS.

Many MS patients are using medical marijuana as they have found that it relieves the spasticity, calms tremors, and helps with the depression and anxiety of being ill. There are a number of scientific studies that show that marijuana helps to reduce MS symptoms. One study looked at 167 patients who reported less pain, less muscle spasms, and less bladder incontinence with use of cannabis. These patients reported that they were able to control symptoms with the same dose of cannabis for a mean duration of 434 days without having to increase their dose. (Wade, Multiple Sclerosis 10:425-33, 2004) Researchers suggest that this study demonstrates that marijuana does not lead to increased tolerance requiring increased doses of medication, unlike the conventional medications used to treat MS.

Many MS patients have found that medical marijuana has improved their quality of life. They also have found little to no side effects, no physical addiction, and overall less need for more toxic medications. Most MS patients either use edible cannabis products, vaporizers, or tinctures so that they are not having any problems with the side effects from smoking the medication. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the great blog link. :stoned:

In the link in my sig! MS is one of the few conditions that has a lot of cannabis studies available.


Granny :hippy: