Does Cannabis Help With Arthritis

Yes it does help arthritis

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I have tendinitis in my wrist and it most definitely helps with the pain and shaking. I prefer a high CBD strain though if looking for straight pain relief


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Personal experience: yes and no.
 
I've had arthritis since I was born and it's slowly developing into carpel tunnel at the age of 20. I've undergone multiple injections in my joints but neither have worked. Affected areas for me are my knees, wrists and ankles, with the high possibility of it affecting my fingers in the next few years.
 
Does weed help with the pain? Yes, but only to a certain extent. I'm on medication now and have had all sorts of other medicines to prevent the swelling and whatnot but nothing seems to do the trick. At certain points, no pain killers or amounts of weed can block out the pain but it is what it is.
 
But the ‘major' pain for me is on and off, it isn't consistent...yet. Take me back two months ago and I would struggle to bend my knees putting pants on, where as right now I am able to lift weights and live about my life.
 
I know when I'm 30 ~ 40 years old it'll be much worse but I tend to not worry about it…weed helps with that, lol.

 

 
http://www.medicalmarijuana.net/uses-and-treatments/arthritis/

 

Yes. CBD in cannabis helps with swelling and THC helps with the pain.

 

From "Granny Storm Crow's List".  You didn't specify osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, so I included both in this selection of studies and articles.
 
The nonpsychoactive cannabis constituent cannabidiol is an oral anti-arthritic therapeutic in murine collagen-induced arthritis        (full - 2000)   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC16904/?tool=pubmed
 
Cannabidiol-transdermal delivery and anti-inflammatory effect in a murine model.   
(abst - 2003)        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14644587
 
Rheumatoid arthritis, Cannabis based medicine eases pain and suppresses disease
(news - 2005)        http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/33376.php
 
Cannabis-Based Drug Relieves Arthritis Pain       (news - 2005)
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/2097
 
The use of a cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis       (letter - 2006)   http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/45/6/781
 
Synergy between Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol and morphine in the arthritic rat 
(abst - 2007)
http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/17498686/abstract/Synergy_between_Delta_9__tetrahydrocannabinol_and_morphine_in_the_arthritic_rat
 
Medical Marijuana and Reiter's Syndrome        (news – 2009)
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/content/ailments/view/57?ailment=reiter-s-syndrome
 
Medical Marijuana and Arthritis       (news – 2009)
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/content/ailments/view/72?ailment=arthritis
 
Medical Marijuana and Arthritis (Rheumatoid)        (news – 2009)
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/content/ailments/view/105?ailment=arthritis-rheumatoid-
 
Medical Marijuana and Post-traumatic arthritis       (news – 2009)
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/content/ailments/view/85?ailment=post-traumatic-arthritis
 
Medical Marijuana and Degenerative Arthritis       (news – 2009)
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/content/ailments/view/83?ailment=degenerative-arthritis
 
Medical Marijuana and Degenerative Arthropathy      (news – 2009)
https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/content/ailments/view/126?ailment=degenerative-arthropathy
 
Tissue Engineering of Cartilage; Can Cannabinoids Help?      (full – 2010)  http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/40674/1/Tissue%20Engineering%20of%20Cartilage%20-%20Can%20Cannabinoids%20Help.pdf
 
Cannabidiol as an emergent therapeutic strategy for lessening the impact of inflammation on oxidative stress.      (abst – 2011)               http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21238581
 
Medical Marijuana For Rheumatoid Arthritis?           (news – 2011)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/08/can-medical-marijuana-help-arthritis_n_873189.html
 
Can medical marijuana help rheumatoid arthritis?        (news – 2012)
http://healthyliving.msn.com/diseases/rheumatoid-arthritis/can-medical-marijuana-help-rheumatoid-arthritis-1
 
 
That should do it!
 
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So for me it is not so much about how well the cannabis works as a pain reliever. 
 
It is the best I've pain reliever I've ever had.
 
It is about the harm that chronic long term NSAID's were doing to my kidneys and the other potential harm's linked to chronic NSAID use.  Things like the risk of a Bleeding Ulcers, Stroke and Heart Attack.