Treating arthritis patients is a journey rife with doctor visits and pain, there is no cure and treatment options are limited. Arthritis cure medicine like medical Marijuana offer hope.
However the active ingredients in marijuana like THC and CBD work to suppress immune system over-activity, and this type of over-activity causes the inflammation and pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Or at least that’s what our limited knowledge on the subject suggests.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease associated with cartilage degradation resulting in multiple forms of pain including neuropathic pain — one of cannabinoids’ chief indications.And to top it off 75% of doctors know nothing about the use of cannabinoids for arthritis. It’s not taught in medical school. Unless you count reefer madness as education. In fact the only school teaching much of anything on the subject of cannabis is Oaksterdam University in Oakland California.“Arthritis pain is reported as one of the most common reasons for persons using medical herbal cannabis in North America,” a 2014 study found. “‘Severe arthritis’ is the condition justifying legal use of cannabis in over half of all authorizations in Canada.”Medical Marijuana patients are consuming cannabis in every form imaginable. From smoking or vaporizing . They’re also ingesting cannabis in the form of foods with high concentrations of CBD and THC. They’re also using lotions and ointments which contain Medical Marijuana and applying directly to joints for pain relief.Hopefully soon more people will have a variety of options available similar to those afforded cannabis culture rich areas like California, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska and Washington.Arthritis patients are accessing cannabinoids for arthritis pain through a variety of sources: they’re smoking or vaporizing raw cannabis flowers high in THC and CBD to get fast-acting, body-wide relief from arthritis pain. They’re also ingesting cannabinoids in the form of infused foods and tinctures, some looking for an arthritis cure. This method is slower-acting than smoking, but longer-lasting with more intense physical rather than psychological effects. They’re also using topical ointments rich in a broad spectrum of cannabinoids that are rubbed directly onto sore joints for relief.Patients in advanced medical cannabis economies like those in California, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon have a wide variety of options to choose from.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease associated with cartilage degradation resulting in multiple forms of pain including neuropathic pain — one of cannabinoids’ chief indications.And to top it off 75% of doctors know nothing about the use of cannabinoids for arthritis. It’s not taught in medical school. Unless you count reefer madness as education. In fact the only school teaching much of anything on the subject of cannabis is Oaksterdam University in Oakland California.“Arthritis pain is reported as one of the most common reasons for persons using medical herbal cannabis in North America,” a 2014 study found. “‘Severe arthritis’ is the condition justifying legal use of cannabis in over half of all authorizations in Canada.”Medical Marijuana patients are consuming cannabis in every form imaginable. From smoking or vaporizing . They’re also ingesting cannabis in the form of foods with high concentrations of CBD and THC. They’re also using lotions and ointments which contain Medical Marijuana and applying directly to joints for pain relief.Hopefully soon more people will have a variety of options available similar to those afforded cannabis culture rich areas like California, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska and Washington.Arthritis patients are accessing cannabinoids for arthritis pain through a variety of sources: they’re smoking or vaporizing raw cannabis flowers high in THC and CBD to get fast-acting, body-wide relief from arthritis pain. They’re also ingesting cannabinoids in the form of infused foods and tinctures, some looking for an arthritis cure. This method is slower-acting than smoking, but longer-lasting with more intense physical rather than psychological effects. They’re also using topical ointments rich in a broad spectrum of cannabinoids that are rubbed directly onto sore joints for relief.Patients in advanced medical cannabis economies like those in California, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon have a wide variety of options to choose from.