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Cannabis Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Marijuana, Weed for pain, Amantia Muscaria blend
See also:
Sativex
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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 50 | 18% |
| Pain | 37 | 13% |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 36 | 13% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 26 | 9% |
| Anxiety | 12 | 4% |
| General health | 11 | 4% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 9 | 3% |
| Slow my MS progress | 8 | 3% |
| Support another treatment | 5 | 1% |
| Fibromyalgia | 5 | 1% |
| Depression | 5 | 1% |
| Emotional lability | 3 | 1% |
| Irritable, grouchy | 3 | 1% |
| chronic pain | 3 | 1% |
Other treatments patients are using for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.
| 0.25 g 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 | 5 g every other week | 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 | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Cannabis or how long patients were using Cannabis before stopping.
Currently Using Cannabis
Stopped Using Cannabis
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 65 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 67% | 14 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 33% | 7 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 8% | 5 |
| Mild | 38% | 25 |
| None | 54% | 35 |
Top reported side-effects include: dry mouth, Dry eyes, goofiness
Summary results are based on 65 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 65)
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- MEDICAL_MARIJUANA40
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: severe
- Speech: severe
- Swallowing: severe
- Upper limb: severe
- Walking: severe
- See profile
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by MEDICAL_MARIJUANA40
Oct 12, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my MS progress
- Advice/Tips
- I think marijuana should be legal in every state of the usa for people with chronic illness's!
- See full evaluation
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1 helpful mark
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- louann52
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by louann52
Nov 07, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- It really does work
- See full evaluation
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1 helpful mark
Report created on November 07, 2009.