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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

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The CBD cannabinoid is proven to be an exceptional seizure-controlling agent for epilepsy patients, and also shows great promise for treating Parkinson’s , Alzheimer’s and Multiple Sclerosis. Marijuana and Epilepsy: Here’s How Cannabis Stops Seizures (12 Studies). Exploring the available research on ALS and cannabinoids.

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Medicinal properties of CBD

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That could explain why kids using CBD to treat epilepsy may experience some of the side effects of THC, like sleepiness. Topical application is particularly efficient to treat localized pains or skin problems like acne or psoriasis. CBD Crew has recently developed a strain – named CBD Therapy – with much more CBD than THC.

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Cannabis With An Edge

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We strive to make a firsthand connection with every patient or caretaker to provide them with reliable and effective cannabis based therapies. Smullen’s motivation: His daughter suffered from epilepsy and had her first grand mal seizure when she was 2… she could have been helped by medical marijuana. FLORIDA FOCUS.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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Media representations can offer insights into the nature of the discourse about new medical products and therapies and how ideas and understandings about social phenomena become constructed. It was also used as a topical treatment for haemorrhoids, ear infection, and wounds (Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ). Refractory paediatric epilepsy.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

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This differs sharply from the conventional course of cannabis medicine, which is to use whole, clean plant extracts to treat epilepsy and to gradually discontinue use of conventional pharmaceuticals. An Israeli study of cannabis versus epilepsy, however, used natural extracts with a ratio of 20:1 CBD:THC. Lancet Neurol Dec 23 2015.