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What is Cannabis?

Medical cannabis refers to the use of the Cannabis sativa plant as a physician-recommended herbal therapy. So far, the medical use of cannabis is legal only in a limited number of territories, including Canada, Belgium, Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, and some U.S. states.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Other	57	19
Stiffness/Spasticity	48	14
Pain	44	13
Treat my mood condition(s)	28	5
Anxiety	19	4
General health	15	2
Depression	15	6
Slow my MS progress	11	5
Slow my ALS progress	9	1
Irritable, grouchy	8	2
Emotional lability	6	2
Fibromyalgia	5	1
Support another treatment	5	2
Insomnia	5	2
chronic pain	4	2
Nausea	4	4
Problems concentrating	3	1
Headaches	3	1
Stress/anxiety	3	2
Mood swings	3	1
Nausea/Vomiting	2	1
Cramps, calf muscles	2	0
Hand tremor	2	0
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain)	2	1
Mood	2	1
Swallowing	2	0
Excess saliva	2	0
Vision	2	2
Happier mood	2	2
Mobility	1	0
Migraine	1	0
Hip pain/weakness	1	1
increases appetite	1	0
high feeling	1	1
Peripheral Neuropathy	1	1
Social anxiety/phobia	1	1
Lhermitte's Sign	1	1
Nerve Sensitivity (Pins and needles all over, skin hurts against clothes)	1	0
Muscle aches	1	0
Sensation	1	0
Pain, leg	1	0
Back pain	1	1
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)	1	1
Mobility	1	1
Speech problems	1	1
Addiction	1	1
Sleepiness	1	0
Breathing difficulty	1	1
borderline personality disorder	1	0
Anxiety and Panic attacks	1	0
appetite	1	1
appetite, decrease	1	0
disease-related symptoms	1	0
fun	1	0
stiffness, balance issues	1	0
Don't know	1	0
Depression with anxiety	1	0
Stiffness	1	0
post-exertional fatigue/malaise	1	0
Calf, feet cramps and muscle spasms	1	0
Stress	1	1
Numbness, Face	1	0
Tingling tongue	1	0

See all 63 reasons taken ▼

See all 243 patients currently using Cannabis

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	0	0%
Moderate	4	6%
Mild	26	41%
None	33	52%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth	17	27%
Dry eyes	9	14%
goofiness	8	13%
Word fishing	6	10%
increased appetite	5	8%
Overeating	5	8%
Clumsiness	5	8%
Loss of short term memory	4	6%
Sedation	4	6%
Reduced cognitive abilities	4	6%
tired	3	5%
Asthma	1	2%
Short term memory problems	1	2%
slight paranoia	1	2%
occaisional euphoria, but what's wrong with that?	1	2%
Sleepiness	1	2%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 16 reported side effects ▼

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Cannabis. See all 84 dosages ►

0.25 g as needed	0.2g as needed	0.5g as needed	0 as needed	0g as needed	0mg as needed	0other as needed	10minutes as needed	10other as needed	1.5mg as needed	1 g as needed	1g as needed	1hours as needed	1mcg as needed	1mg as needed	1 other all the time (24/7)	1 other as needed	1other as needed	1tbs. as needed	25 mg as needed	2 as needed	2minutes as needed	2other as needed	3 as needed	4g as needed	4g monthly	500mg as needed	50 g all the time (24/7)	5 g all the time (24/7)	8 other as needed	99.9other as needed	as needed	daily	tbs. as needed	weekly	1 g yearly	1 g monthly	1 other every other week	1 g weekly	1 mcg weekly	1 other weekly	2 g weekly	0.5 g daily	3.5 g weekly	4 g weekly	0.75 g daily	23 g monthly	1 daily	1 g daily	1 mg daily	1 other daily	7 g weekly	1.5 g daily	50 g monthly	1.7 g daily	12 g weekly	2 daily	2 g daily	2 mg daily	2 other daily	20 weekly	3 daily	3 g daily	3 mg daily	3 other daily	3 tps. daily	3.5 g daily	112 g monthly	4 mg daily	4 other daily	5 g daily	5 mg daily	5 min daily	5.5 mg daily	10 other daily	45 min daily	50 mg daily	420 other weekly	100 other daily	333 mg daily	500 mg daily	700 mg daily	1000 other daily	5874 mg daily
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	11	1	1	7	1	2	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	27	17	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	27	2	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	13	1	6	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Cannabis (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	15	60%
Expense	7	28%
Side effects too severe	7	28%
Did not seem to work	4	16%
Doctor's advice	3	12%
Personal research	1	4%

See all 24 patients who’ve stopped using Cannabis

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Cannabis

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	3	14	18	73

Stopped Using Cannabis

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	2	0	2	7	12

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	36	57%
Usually	14	22%
Sometimes	7	11%
Never	6	10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	4	6%
Somewhat	5	8%
A little	23	37%
Not at all	31	49%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	7	11%
$100-199	16	25%
$50-99	6	10%
$25-49	6	10%
< $25	10	16%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 63 patient evaluations

MEDICAL_MARIJUANA40

Sex: M

Sensation: Severe

Overall: Severe

Cognition: severe

Vision: severe

Speech: severe

Swallowing: severe

Upper limb: severe

Walking: severe

See profile
MEDICAL_MARIJUANA40

5 g daily

since Oct 12, 2008
Efficacy Major for Slow my MS progress
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips I think marijuana should be legal in every state of the usa for people with chronic illness's! See full evaluation

louann52

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

See profile
louann52

2 as needed

since Nov 07, 2008
Efficacy Major for Other
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips It really does work See full evaluation

moogie16

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

See profile
moogie16

1other as needed

since Dec 20, 2008
Efficacy Slight for Pain
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips unless it is an expensive 'designer strain' then it really doesn't do much for pain relief, only euphoria See full evaluation

See all 63 patient evaluations

Forum

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See 35 topics tagged with Cannabis

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Report created on November 20, 2009.

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