MMJ for IBS

I have Celiac Disease, a digestive disorder which usually responds well to dietary treatment, as in my case, but MMJ could help me cope with some leftover neurological problems, and remaining IBS-like symptoms, which are still present due to years of damage. Hopefully, digestive disorders will be included in the bill, if it ever passes.

 

i have ibs, MJ is highly illegal here but it helps me a whole lot........ i dont smoke to medicate per se, but when im high i dont have the problems associated with ibs

 

For quite a few medical studies and articles on bowel disorders, click the first link in my sig and scroll down to the section on "Crohn's / IBS / UC" And you guys REALLY need to read these also!

Short version by a medical reporter-

Are You Cannabis Deficient? (news - 2010)
Are You Cannabis Deficient? « FOX News Health Blog « FOXNews.com


Long version by a doctor-

Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency (full - 2004)
Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency - Phoenix Tears Library


Hope that helps!

Granny

 

Storm Crow, is there some reason the first link in your sig crashes my comp? I'd really like to get to the information.

 

here ill copy and paste it for you

If the idea of having a marijuana deficiency sounds laughable to you, a growing body of science points at exactly such a possibility. Scientists have known that the active psychoactive compound in marijuana is THC, which is short for tetrahydrocannabinol.
In August 1990, researchers reported in the journal Nature the discovery of receptors in the brain that specifically accommodate the cannabinoids in pot. Cannabinoids bind to particular neurological sites in the brain, as though the brain was specifically designed to utilize this plant. Did nature toss cannabinoid receptors into the brain by random chance? Are cannabinoid receptors part of an intelligent design for deriving maximum benefit from cannabis? Is cannabis a divine elixir of sacred communion for which we are ideally suited? Actually, a more sober answer seems likely. When there are receptors in the brain for a particular type of compound, that compound is made in the brain. This is true of many important agents that work to transmit brain messages of all types. So a hunt began to find such a compound.
In that vein, in 1992 researchers in Israel isolated the cannabinoid anandamide in the human brain. Unlike THC, anandamide is manufactured in the brain, and is therefore an endogenous cannabinoid. This agent, anandamide, is the compound that attaches to the built-in cannabinoid receptors in our brains. The name anandamide is based on the Sanskrit word ananda, which means bliss. Anandamide is a bliss molcule, enhancing greater well being and emotional satisfaction.
Ever since the pioneering work of Dr. William O'Shaughnessy on cannabis and pain compiled in the 1840's a growing body of science has shown that cannabis offers relief for various types of pain. In the brain, the endogenous agent anandamide also plays a role in mitigating inflammation and pain. So both cannabinoids from inside and outside the body play a role in pain reduction. More recent studies show pain relief among sufferers of multiple sclerosis when cannabis is consumed.
Anandamide also plays a role in proper appetite, feelings of pleasure and well-being, and memory. Interestingly, cannabis also affects these same functions. Cannabis has been used successfully to treat migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and glaucoma. So here is the seventy-four thousand dollar question. Does cannabis simply relieve these diseases to varying degrees, or is cannabis actually a medical replacement in cases of deficient anandamide?
At least one author, medical doctor Ethan Russo, believes in the possibility of endocanabinoid deficiency, and suggests that such a deficiency might actually be a significant cause of the types of health problems listed above. His paper “Clinical Cannabinoid Deficiency,” published in Neuroendocrinology Letters in 2004, delved deeply into the various ways that cannabinoids function in the body, and how a deficiency in cannabinoids can lead to a broad range of diseases. Since the publication of that paper, a number of studies have further confirmed the effectiveness of cannabis for many health disorders.
The idea of clinical cannabinoid deficiency opens the door to cannabis consumption as an effective medical approach to relief of various types of pain, restoration of appetite in cases in which appetite is compromised, improved visual health in cases of glaucoma, and improved sense of well being among patients suffering from a broad variety of mood disorders. As state and local laws mutate and change in favor of greater tolerance, perhaps cannabis will find it's proper place in the home medicine chest.

 

Thanks man, but no. The first link in his sig. It's a page with lots of listings and it always freezes up. Maybe it'll work fine later.
http://forum.grasscity.com/medical-marijuana/medical-marijuana/medical-m...ly-2010-a.html <--that one

edit: it's a 404 now. Perhaps it's being tended to.

 

Yes, I'm in the exact same boat. My doctors thought it was Crohn's for a couple years, but since they don't have any "hard" evidence, I'm left with a diagnosis they can't do anything about. I'm actually going to have my MMJ recommendation within a month yay

To be totally honest, MJ is the ONLY thing that helps. I have an Rx from my doc, but half the time it doesn't even work! I'll be happy when I can treat myself legally.

 

If the first link in my sig crashes your computer, just go to the medical section's stickies! My list is there. Better yet, get your own free copy for your computer by emailing me (bottom of my sig)! I'll send you back an email with the whole 420 pages of the list as an attachment.



Granny