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The Many Benefits of Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana can be used as a treatment for chronic pain. People who take medical marijuana usually use it for chronic pain. Click here to see details.

If you are experiencing muscle spasms, then it can be treated with medical marijuana. If you take medical marijuana, then it can help treat your muscle spasms. Disphargm spams cannot be treated by prescribed medications but people use medical marijuana to treat it.

Medical marijuana improves the capacity of your lungs. Long function can be lost in tobacco users, but marijuana users increased lung capacity. Smoking can cause lung cancer but smoking pot will not.

Anotehr great benefit of using medical marijuana is its treatment of glaucoma. Smoking medical marijuana can decrease the pressure in one’s eyes. However, marijuana only lowers the pressure for a few hours so it may not be a long term treatment right now.

Another benefit of using medical marijuana is its control of epileptic seizures. Many individuals have reported that medical marijuana is the only thing that has controlled the seizures of their children. Read more about this here.

Seizures and severe developmental delays are caused by Dravet syndrome. The seizures associated with Dravet syndrome decrease with the use of medical marijuana. The cannabidiol in the plant is said to interact with brain cells to lessen the excessive activity in the brain that causes the seizures.

Cancer cells stop spreading with a chemical found in marijuana. Tumors can be slowed down or shrunk with THC and CBD at the right dose. And marijuana can significantly slow the growth of brain tumor which is associated with malignant brain cancer in people.

If you take low doses of medical marijuana, then it can help treat your anxiety. if you take THC at low doses then stress can be reduced but not with high doses.

Taking THC can slow down the progress of Alzheimer’s disease. The formation of amyloid plaques which kill brain cells and are associated with Alzheimer’s, is slowed down by THC by blocking the enzyme in the brain that makes them.

Mecical marijuana can help ease the pain associated with multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis patients did not respond to other treatment but when they smoked marijuana for a few days, they were in less pain. THC in marijuana binds the receptors in the nerves and muscles to relieve pain.

When treating hepatitis C there are side effects that are lessened by marijuana and makes the treatments more effective. Nausea, fatigue, loss of appetite, muscle aches, and depression are the side effects of Hepatitis C treatment. With these side effects lasting for months, most patients discontinue their treatment. But when using marijuana, patients were able to complete their Hepatitis C treatment. Patients were able to complete their treatment because marijuana has lessened the side effects.

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