CHRISSURF

I Have Been Using Mj For 40 Years, Since Vietnam. I Used It For
A Different Kind Of Pain Then. I Now Use It For Arthritis Pain.
From Having Lyme Disease I Have 3 Kinds Of Arthritis. Since I Am
Allergic To Narcotics And Barb. I Cannot Take Pain Medicine.
Mj Really Works Well For Pain. I Also Use It For Reduction Of
Stress, To Keep Myself In Balance. One Of The Most Important
Aspects For Me Is To Use It To Keep My Appitite Up. Without
Question It Has Been The Primary Reason I Have Survived. I Have
Carefully Documented My Use For The Past 10 Years. I Have
Approximately Usd12,000.00 Of Perscription Medications, Which
I Do Not Use Because I Can Use Mj. It Is Easy To See Why Big
Phar. Co's Are Against Mj. I MIGHT ADD THAT MJ WORKS WITH BASICALLY
NO SIDE EFFECTS UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER DRUGS THAT ARE LEGALLY
AVAILABLE.
NOTE: I HAVE HAD 15 OPERATIONS IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS DUE TO LYME
DIS. I USED MJ IN ALL CASES.

CHRISSURF

I Also Have Gout. It Works Really Well For Gout. I Will Generally
Use Mj With A Non-ster. Anti-inflamatory Drug. There Aren't Many
That Don't Have Severe Side Effects. One Of The Important Things
About Mj And Arth. Is That It Will Maintain Your Eating Levels,
Which Maintains Your Immune System, Phys. System, Energy Levels,
Ect. When All Your Facilities Are Basically Normal, Anything Is
Easier To Deal With.

CHRISSURF

Anyone Who Has Anytype Of Arthritis Should Be Checked For
Lyme Dis. I Was Treated For 10 Years Before The Doctors Realized
I Had Lyme, Which Causes Arth. The Treatment For Lyme Is Very
Simple When Caught Early And Can Immediately Get Rid Of Arth.

CHRISSURF

In Response To Negative Communications Regarding The Medical
Use And General Use:

I Have Used Mj Since Vietnam (40 Yrs). Since That Time I Have
Graduated From College, Raised Two Children By Myself (one
Going To Johns-hopkins Medical School In Jan., Graduated First
In His Honors Class In Ca. And Professional Skate Boarder, My
Daughter, Sen. H.s. On National Honor Roll And Placed 3rd In Two
State Championship Sports), I Have Been A Memeber Of The U.s.
Ski Team, U.s. Track Team, U.s. Bi-athelon Team, World Championship Surf Team, Owned My Own International Business
Since I Was 23 Yrs Old. All During This Time I Smoked And Have
Been In Perfect Health, Still Surfing Everyday. Now Because Of
A Tick I Have Lyme Disease, Which Has Caused Many Problems,
Including 15 Operations In The Last 24 Months. I Have Carefully
Documented My Use Of Mj During My Illness. It Has Allowed Me
To Maintain Myself By Reducing The Stress, Keeping My Eating
Up To Par To Maintain A Good Physical Level And Immune System,
As Well As; Several Other Benefits. It Works Far Better For Pain
Than Any Of The Usd12,000.00 Worth Of Perscription Drugs I Now
Have In Stock, Most Of Which I Don't Use. Unlike Perscription
Drugs, Mj Is Effective Without Side Effects Like All The Other
Perscription Drugs I Have Taken. My Lungs, Heart And Respitory
System Are In Excellent Health. I Am Living Proof Of What Long
Term Use Can Come To! I Truly Believe That If More People Would
Try Mj, There Lives Would Be Better For It.

Mamabudz

Threads merged on the effect of Marijuana on Arthritis / Lupus / Rheumatoid Arthritis / Fibromyaalgia and other diseases of which inflamation of the joints is a symptom

Mamabudz

Mol Neurobiol. 2001 Aug-Dec;24(1-3):29-51. Related Articles, Links

Cannabinoids and neuroprotection.

Grundy RI, Rabuffetti M, Beltramo M.

Schering Plough Research Institute, Milan, Italy. robert.grundy@spcorp.com

Cannabinoid compounds are endowed with pharmacological properties that make them interesting candidates for therapeutic development. These properties have been known since antiquity. However, in the last decade extremely important advances in the understanding of the physiology, pharmacology, and molecular biology of the cannabinoid system have given this field of research fresh impetus and have renewed the interest in the possible clinical exploitation of these compounds. In the present review we summarize the effects elicited, at the cellular level, by cannabinoids acting through receptor-dependent and receptor-independent mechanisms. These data suggest different ways by which cannabinoids may act as neuroprotective agents (prevention of excitotoxicity by inhibition of glutamate release, antioxidant effects, anti-inflammatory actions, etc.). The experimental evidence supporting these hypotheses are presented and discussed with regard to both preclinical and clinical studies in disease states such as cerebral ischemia, brain trauma, and Multiple Sclerosis.

Ugo

Both my Mum and Dad have Rheumatoid Arthritis. My Mum has had it for a long time now, its really bad, and my Dad was just diagnosed. They are fairly conservative, so when I asked my Mum what she thought of using marijuana, she kind of laughed and told me that there was no way because she couldn't go around her daily buisness in la la land. But wouldn't she build up a tolerance and not get high after a while? I've heard stories of people using it for medicinal purposes and they don't get high. Whats up with that?

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jebus

Freakish, When before my dog died she had bad arthritous and every day we would give her glucosamine and asprins and she was fine for the day, You could give that a shot

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CheebaMonkey

...they don't smoke enough.

Lots of times the therapuetic dose is below the psychoactive dose.

Also, when you use your medicine everyday, sometimes several times, you would start becoming tolerant to the high, if you were even getting high in the first place.

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Mamabudz

Hi Ugo:

I use for medical purposes to treat lupus, another auto-immune system illness that caaauses inflamation in the joints (among other lovely things ).

Unless I smoke something especially strong and a larger amount that I have not smoked before I don't get the "giddy"/"lala land" response any longer. It would become disabilitating if that state of inebriance was a constant state.

When I wish to use cannabis for a recreational purpose, I actually have to plan to party. Set and setting -- my friends, location, music, food -- as well as a special variety of cannabis separates the recreational relaxation from the daily medication.

...have a cookie

Hugz,

Mama Budz