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Could the Up-and-Coming Medicinal Ketamine Market Rival the Cannabis Industry?

Veriheal

We’re talking about ketamine —a dissociative anesthetic that is featured on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. Also known as “K,” “special K,” or “cat-valium,” ketamine is gradually climbing out of an abyss of K-fueled house parties and into the vortex of medicine.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

For all modern medicine can do, many mysteries remain unsolved. Instead, patients turn to a mix of whatever individual medications, therapies, and lifestyle changes (especially exercise) help ease symptoms and improve quality of life. What is long COVID? Is there really such thing as a “cure” for cancer?

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Study: Marijuana Reduces Hypertension in Elder Subjects

The Joint Blog

According to a new study published in the journal European Journal of Internal Medicine, and epublished by the National Institute of Health, elder subjects with hypertension have a favorable response to treatment using medical marijuana. ” The primary outcome “was change in mean 24-h blood pressure at 3 months.”

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CBD Science Update

Project CBD

The 29th annual International Cannabinoid Research Society ( ICRS ) symposium, which convened last month in Bethesda, Maryland, featured new developments in CBD science that have far-reaching implications for many areas of medicine. None of the participants had been using any cannabinoid-based products prior to this study.

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New Research Finds Marijuana Use Not Associated With Hypertension

SpeedWeed

The results of the study are consistent with separate research published last month that showed cannabis use may actually lower blood pressure in older adults. Researchers studied 26 elderly patients, monitoring their blood pressure and other metrics over a three-month period.

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The Marijuana & Glaucoma Controversy

CannaMD

In the book Marijuana as Medicine? But also went on to say that: Other treatments for the disorder have since eclipsed marijuana-based medicines. The case for medical marijuana therapies for the treatment of glaucoma is still considered a viable option by many (and for reasons more complex than the simple lowering of IOP).

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CBD Science Update

Project CBD

The 29th annual International Cannabinoid Research Society ( ICRS ) symposium, which convened last month in Bethesda, Maryland, featured new developments in CBD science that have far-reaching implications for many areas of medicine. None of the participants had been using any cannabinoid-based products prior to this study.

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