Multiple sclerosis treatment cannabis

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59 AM ET Smoking marijuana may help relieve the muscle tightness and pain of multiple sclerosis, a small U.S. study suggests. Many people with MS often suffer from spasticity, an uncomfortable and disabling condition in which the muscles become tight and difficult to control. Spasticity can be controlled with medications but the symptoms may continue or the anti-spasticity drugs may carry adverse effects such as drowsiness, sedation, and muscle weakness.

http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2012-05-14-smoked-cannabis-reduces-symptoms-of-multiple-sclerosis.

It is really a shock to get this diagnosis and then you worry when the symptoms are not getting better with treatment. But, please be patient with the treatment as it will eventually work and her symptoms will calm down. Is she still in the hospital? The disease is not curable but it can be slowed down as Deb has already explained.

my sister (24) was diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis in 2010, responded to steroid. now she suffered sudden & complete loss of vision in her left eye. she has been put on SOLUMEDROL. please suggest any available treatment modalities world over ? chances of return of vision ??

i had been diagonised with multiple sclerosis in the year 2001. now i am not able to walk. i am also not able to see clearly. my speech is also not clear. i think my type of ms is primary progressive since my condition has worsened gradually. pl suggest some medicines or other alternative therapy.

It is possible that I had/have undiagnosed multiple sclerosis, and then when I started treatment the interferon kept the MS from progressing?

and multiple sclerosis. No set limits regarding the amount of marijuana patients may possess and/or cultivate were provided by this act, though the California Legislature adopted guidelines in 2003. Notice multiple sclerosis is included for those in California. Here is a good site for all the states and their provisions under the law. http://norml.org/index.cfm?

One of them said it is all due to ur anxiety ( Cause i do not have any bladder problems and dizziness, numbness tingling all is due to anxiety) but one said its Multiple Sclerosis+ anxiety. My MRI and EEG were clear. Currently i have high frequency of muscle tingling through out my body only when i am lying on bed plus i see double vision of any statement especially ( white in colour) on TV and laptop. Is it MS? Should I start taking Med for MS or just let it be and hope it will go away?

These possibilities are abnormal levels of calcium, potassium, or sodium in your body and a lack of vitamin B12, diabetes, stroke, multiple sclerosis and underactive thyroid. If the symptoms are intens,then a neurological disorder cannot be ignored. You can take multivitamins for some time. Also get your blood sugar tested. If the symptoms persist,then pls get yourself examined by a neurologist. After confirmatory diagnosis only, treatment can be started. Hope it helps.

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August 17, 2011 Chapter 4 Small-Molecule Treatments In Development for Multiple Sclerosis Chapter 5 Monoclonal Antibodies in Development for Multiple Sclerosis Chapter 6 Managing Symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis Chapter 7 Prognostic Factors in Multiple Sclerosis Chapter 8 Improving Immunosuppression and Immunomodulation Treatment Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis Chapter 9 Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration in MS Chapter 10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Multiple Sclerosis you mi

It has also been shown to assist some glaucoma patients by reducing pressure within the eye, and is used in the form of cannabis by a number of multiple sclerosis patients, who use it to alleviate neuropathic pain and spasticity. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is currently supporting further research into these uses.... http://en.wikipedia.

I have every symptom of multiple sclerosis and have been told by several doctors I might have it. I went to a MS specialist recently and he said, after a physical examination, he didn't think I had MS but would run the VEP and Spinal Tap just to make sure (MRI of the brain and lumbar were clear). What else can be causing the same symptoms of MS? I can barely walk, after six months of going from doctor to doctor, with no diagnosis and no treatment.

15 years ago I was prescribed multiple antiepileptic drugs for 4 years. This ended in a neurosurgery because none of the drugs were working. I recently started having seizures again, and asked my neurologist about alternative treatments like CBD oil, since drugs didn't work in the past.

I have had RR multiple sclerosis since I was 10 ish diagnosed (finally) in 2008. Had routine MRi of head and neck last month, everything is stable for 2 years now. Thank you Tysabri! My question is the impression of my mri stated T1 and T2 disease burden is at least moderate ( written for head and cervical MRI). Also JCV negative this whole time can I stay on Tysabri indefintely as long as I am negative?

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