Cannabis Oil And Chronic Liver Disease

Hey just thought this would be helpful until someone with personal experience arrives. Your post led me to learn something, so I thought I'd share. Hopefully someone with more insight will come along to help you It covers fibrosis, cirrhosis and hep C.
 
http://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/cirrhosis-and-cannabis/

 

Cannabis oil is extracted from the seed which comes from the cannabis plant. Many patients who used this oil have been of the opinion that it improves many conditions and ailments. It is also important to note that you must consult a physician before using it.
 
 

 

the oil mentioned is made from the flowers not the seeds. both have a place in the  big picture arsenal though

 

I'm sorry you're having trouble getting experienced advice. Hopefully more research and studies will be done in the near future to correct these contradictions. Do you live in a place that has a medical cannabis program? 

 

Its ironic that someone is posting ITT with the username patent 6630507 .. Because that's the exact research backed patent that established cannabinoids as Neuroprotectants and antioxidants.

It also explains why it treats Alzheimers and neuro degenerative diseases. Because of its rich antioxidant effects. But the full extent of this is that cannabis mitigates all oxidative stress/free radical damage. Which of course is the root of most diseases including cancer. Also premature aging.

These strong protective antioxidants are separate from the modulating effects of the endocannabinoid system. That would also help bring things systematically back into balance.

Given that many liver diseases are related to inflammatory/free radical damage... I have a hard time seeing how cannabis oil would not benefit the situation.

There could have been other factors leading to the negative study. Poor control group. What if aside from mj use they were heavy cig smokers and boozers?

The established science behind cannabinoids, terpenoids etc suggests there should be great benefit. If anyone has legitimate knowledge that somehow pure, whole plant cannabis oil would not help heal this issue... It seems to be a pretty unscientific statement, but would love to hear whyif mistaken.

 

 
The French study that you reference has been invalidated. See article about recent Canadian study. The reason prior studies showed increased symptoms among cannabis smokers is likely because those with the worst HVC are the ones who use medical cannabis. Something like 47% of fibro sufferers smoke cannabis! The French study was not double blind, but simply looked at people with HVC who smoke cannabis.

 

 
The conflicting results relative to Hep. C don't really conflict.
 
Within the assorted treatment groups stage of disease is the issue.  In early disease Cannabis reduces viral load on the patient and protects the liver from developing the fibrosis.  In later stage studies where the patient already has fibrosis Δ9-THC makes the fibrosis worse.
 
CBD seems to be protective once the patient has fibrosis as well as the CB2 selective cannabinoids like the terpene known as β-caryophyllene.  Re-balancing the endocannabinoid precursor fats increasing Omega-3 fat and reducing Omega-6 fat in combination with the cannabinoids listed above looks like it would provide the best probability of reversing an autoimmune liver disease with fibrosis, if it can in fact be done.
 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%22Hepatic+Fibrosis%22+%22%CF%89-3%22

 

For anyone particularly interested, here is an NIH page linking 220 studies regarding the endocannabinoid system and liver disease. One certainty is that the endocannabinoid system plays some role in liver disease and even according to NIH, cannabis is likely therapeutic.

 

Recently they found that the reason for the increased advancement of fibrosis in the patients in those studies was not due to Increased Cannabis usage, but instead it is now believed that the patients merely increased their usage of Cannabis due to the natural progression of the fibrosis only trying to alleviate or decrease the syptoms of the advanced liver damage and/or fibrosis. That the Cannabis was not to blame at all for said advancment. I can tell you that I have been through both the interferon & ribavirin and more recently, the ribavirin and sovaldi. Both times I went to "undetectable" during treatment, but sadly, The virus was back within 6 months after treatment. I have type 2 and they say it is the easiest to cure,,, They also say that up to 10 % of patients are deemed "Non-Responsive" and I am one of those 10 %. I use Cannabis every day now, Both vaporized and eaten, I also Juice the fresh Raw Plant. I was told I had colo-recal cancer and treated myself by ingesting massive daily doses of Cannabis Oil, (up to 1 gram daily), for 120 days, (Almost Double the Normal Treatment Time), and 8 months after that treatment, I showed no signs of the cancer. I believe it was the Cannabis Oil because I was on no other treatment than the Cannabis Oil. I am willing to stake my life on it anyway, because I am about to make another batch of Cannabis Oil so I can do another treatment because my viral load Greatly decreased during my last Cannabis Oil Treatment. The science is out there, and if you Google Cannabis Oill you will find all kinds of info on recent studies, Because Legalization and Medical Marijuana have created more opportunity for those studies. Should you need info on how to make Cannabis Oil, Cannabutter or anything else Cannabis related, Just do a search on Youtube. Good Luck Sir. Weed, Peace and Chicken Grease, TTFN

 

From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease about Autoimmune Hepatitis:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/liver-disease/autoimmune-hepatitis/Pages/facts.aspx
 
"People with autoimmune hepatitis generally respond to standard treatment and the disease can be controlled in most cases. Long-term response to treatment can stop the disease from getting worse and may even reverse some damage to the liver."
 
While Quads gives good points and counter-points to the evidence, the negative results in humans is concerning, even if the studies may be ultimately flawed. The question shouldn't be whether cannabis benefits the condition, but whether it is superior to or adds benefits to the success of current standard treatment. Unfortunately, until the US government reschedules cannabis, the best "gold standard" studies (e.g., a randomized control trial) comparing cannabis to standard treatment simply won't be conducted - at least not in the US.
 
Quads: It's a shame if your physician didn't consider that gluten might affect your condition, as the link above explicitly states that people with autoimmune hepatitis also might suffer from celiac disease. I wonder if this is your general practitioner, or a specialist. A specialist with experience treating autoimmune digestive diseases might be more appropriate. 

 

It's important to note that the studies finding negative effects looked at smoking cannabis, not ingesting concentrated cannabis oil. Also, the studies were merely surveys of sick people who happened to smoke cannabis flower; and there is no proof that smoking caused or exacerbated the illnesses. Most claims about cannabis curing disease refer to ingesting oil, not smoking flower. There seems to be some amazing benefits from ingesting high quality, full-plant cannabis oil at dose saturation levels; and there are no contradicting studies or surveys.

 

you might want to message or quote their post as it is from a while ago and they may not see your response otherwise...
 

isn't it funny how tests are done to determine medical viability for application purposes only to find the tests involved a smoked medium. how crazy to assume a smoked substance will quantify medical results though the prohibishitners eat that shit up blamingf cannabis for the bad results!  even funnier, even when smoked cannabis is still a medicine- go figure

 

I have Nash liver disease, stage 4 liver failure, cirrhosis, I had anemia because I was having so much stomach bleeding, my immune system was completely shot, my clotting factor was almost non existent so if they did any operations I’d bleed out so I couldn’t get a liver transplant, I had to be drained of fluid build up every other day, was in the hospital for about 8 months with a day or two out every couple weeks, my meld score was 33, I was too weak to stand or walk, I was down to 122 pounds from 265 when I got sick and was on 60mg of oxycodone a day, my liver special doctor Richard Manch out st Joe’s in Phoenix gave me 2 weeks to live. I started smoking about a gram and a half a day flower and and my meld score is now 8 which is 2 points from the normal of 6, I weigh 191 pounds, clotting factor is normal, immune system is normal, no longer need a transplant at all, haven’t been to the hospital once since I started using, not once, completely off oxycodone and my liver specialist says my liver has regenerated. He said he’d never seen anything like it before. It’s been 8 months since I was gave 2 weeks to live. It was a miracle dr Manch said.So I’d think RSO would work even better as it’s a concentrated form of flower, just make sure you use RSO not just a thc oil, theirs a difference.


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I would really like to ask you some questions. My best friend is going in the transplant list. He has cirrhosis of the liver too. I would love to help him get through this with the RSO

 

this is an old thread... you could post on the open board and get more results Medical Marijuana Usage and Applications