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Medicinal Uses of Marijuana: Epilepsy |
Declaration of Valerie A. Corral, in the landmark medical marijuana case, Conant v. McCaffrey: Ms. Corral is an epilepsy sufferer for whom medical marijuana ...
Excerpts from the American Public Health Association (APHA) amicus brief in Conant v. McCaffrey, (2001 filing):
Marijuana is effective in controlling seizures |
Clinical experience and emerging research further indicate that marijuana can help control epileptic seizures.(45) Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the primary (and nonpsychoactive) cannabinoids present in the cannabis plant, appears to be of particular benefit, allowing patients who ingest it at certain times to avoid seizure activity.
Some epileptics who cannot tolerate other antiseizure medications have been able to use marijuana to successfully control their seizures, without experiencing debilitating side effects.(46) (See complete APHA amicus brief for footnotes.)
... Visit: http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/medical/challenges/litigators/medical/conditions/epilepsy.cfm
Treating Epilepsy with Marijuana (org, info) ”Hypnotic and antiepileptic effects of cannabidiol”, by Carlini EA, Cunha JM. (article) Clinical trials with cannabidiol (CBD) in healthy volunteers, isomniacs, and epileptic patients conducted in the authors' laboratory from 1972 up to the present are reviewed.
Acute doses of cannabidiol ranging from 10 to 600 mg and chronic administration of 10 mg for 20 days or 3 mg/kg/day for 30 days did not induce psychologic or physical symptoms suggestive of psychotropic or toxic effects; however, several volunteers complained of somnolence. Complementary laboratory tests (EKG, blood pressure, and blood and urine analysis) revealed no sign of toxicity.
... Visit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7028792?dopt=Abstract
UK - Cannabis Research - Medical Uses - epilepsy/convulsions (org, info) “Influence of 22-day treatment on the anticonvulsant properties of cannabinoids.” by Karler R, Borys HK, Turkanis SA.
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Mice were given delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) cannabidiol (CBD) or phenytoin (PHT) daily for 22 days. Drug activity was measured weekly in three different anticonvulsant tests: the maximal electroshock threshold, the 60-Hz-electroshock threshold and the 6-Hz-electroshock threshold.
In order to correlate potential pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic changes resulting from repeated treatment, brain-drug concentrations were determined at each test time. The results from the delta-9-THC study indicate that, although tolerance developed in all three tests, there were no changes in the brain-drug concentration.
For CBD the pharmacodynamics were strikingly different: an increase in sensitivity to the drug developed in two of the tests, tolerance in only one test. Here again, there were no changes in brain-drug concentrations. The results of the PHT study differed from both the cannabinoids, for tolerance developed in one test, an increase in sensitivity in one test, and the activity was unchanged in the third test.
Again, the brain concentrations remained constant throughout. The results demonstrate that both tolerance and increased sensitivity can develop concomitantly with anticonvulsant effects of the cannabinoids and PHT, and that these modifications in drug activity appear to result from cellular or functional rather than dispositional changes.
... Visit: http://www.ukcia.org/research/medline/5e.htm
Epilepsy & Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa / Indica) (org, info & forum) Cannabinoids have been used as a natural remedy for seizures for thousands of years, and there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence that marijuana (cannabis) may be helpful for some individuals with epilepsy.
Unfortunately there has been relatively little clinical research done on the treatment of seizures with cannabis, or cannabis-based medications, and as a result, the use of marijuana as a treatment for epilepsy remains highly controversial.
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NEUROLOGY 2004;62:2095-2097
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Prevalence in patients of a tertiary care epilepsy center >>
D. W. Gross, MD, J. Hamm, BA, N. L. Ashworth, MD MSc and D. Quigley, BSN -
From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Donald W. Gross, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, 2E3.19 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada; e-mail: donald.gross@ualberta.ca
The authors sought to determine the prevalence of marijuana use in patients with epilepsy by performing a telephone survey in a tertiary care epilepsy center. Twenty-one percent of subjects had used marijuana in the past year with the majority of active users reporting beneficial effects on seizures. Twenty-four percent of all subjects believed marijuana was an effective therapy for epilepsy. Despite limited evidence of efficacy, many patients with epilepsy believe marijuana is an effective therapy for epilepsy and are actively using it.
... Effects of marijuana on epilepsy. Table 2 summarizes the beliefs of active marijuana users of the effects of marijuana on their epilepsy.
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Epilepsy Patients Find Comfort in Marijuana. |
Epilepsy is a condition in which certain brain cells become abnormally excitable and spontaneously discharge in an uncontrolled way, causing a seizure. In grand mal or generalized epilepsy, the abnormal cells are on both sides of the brain and the discharge produces convulsions (violent muscle spasms).
In absence seizures, the generalized brain discharge causes a lapse of consciousness, but not convulsions. Partial seizures result from abnormal discharge in an isolated area of the brain and may occur with or without a change in consciousness.
Partial seizures with a change in consciousness, known as complex partial seizures, are caused by damage to the temporal or frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex. They were formerly known as psychomotor seizures because the symptoms also include motor activity (grimacing and repetitive mouth or hand movements are especially common). When overexcitation is confined to a very small area, the patient with epilepsy may have a strange sensation of déja vu, vertigo, fear, or an odd smell without a source. This experience, known as an aura, may or may not be followed by a full complex partial seizure.
Epilepsy is treated mainly with anticonvulsant drugs, including carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenytoin (Dilantin), valproic acid (Depakote), phenobarbital, primidone (Mysoline), ethosuximide (Zarontin), and clonazepam (Klonopin). About 70% of patients get relief from one of these drugs, and another 10% are helped by some combination of them. Focal seizures and temporal lobe epilepsy, however, often respond poorly to these drugs. Furthermore, anticonvulsants have many potentially serious side effects, including bone softening, anemia, swelling of the gums, double vision, hair loss, headaches, nausea, decreased libido, impotence, depression, and psychosis. Overdoses or idiosyncratic reactions may lead to loss of motor coordination, coma, and even death.
... Visit: http://www.thcclinic.com/clinic/?page_id=184
Marijuana and Epilepsy,
by Tim and Pattie Shellman
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Epilepsy is a condition in which certain brain cells become abnormally excitable and spontaneously discharge in an uncontrolled way, causing a seizure. In grand mal or generalized epilepsy, the abnormal cells are on both sides of the brain and the discharge produces convulsions (violent muscle spasms). In absence seizures, the generalized brain discharge causes a lapse of consciousness, but not convulsions.
Partial seizures result from abnormal discharge in an isolated area of the brain and may occur with or without a change in consciousness.
Partial seizures with a change in consciousness, known as complex partial seizures, are caused by damage to the temporal or frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex. They were formerly known as psychomotor seizures because the symptoms also include motor activity (grimacing and repetitive mouth or hand movements are especially common). When overexcitation is confined to a very small area, the patient with epilepsy may have a strange sensation of déja vu, vertigo, fear, or an odd smell without a source. This experience, known as an aura, may or may not be followed by a full complex partial seizure.
Epilepsy is treated mainly with anticonvulsant drugs, including carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenytoin (Dilantin), valproic acid (Depakote), phenobarbital, primidone (Mysoline), ethosuximide (Zarontin), and clonazepam (Klonopin). About 70% of patients get relief from one of these drugs, and another 10% are helped by some combination of them. Focal seizures and temporal lobe epilepsy, however, often respond poorly to these drugs. Furthermore, anticonvulsants have many potentially serious side effects, including bone softening, anemia, swelling of the gums, double vision, hair loss, headaches, nausea, decreased libido, impotence, depression, and psychosis. Overdoses or idiosyncratic reactions may lead to loss of motor coordination, coma, and even death.
Although the anticonvulsant properties of cannabis have been known since ancient times and were explored in the nineteenth century, this therapeutic use of the drug has been largely ignored in the past hundred years. Although the medical establishment is still showing little interest, more and more epilepsy sufferers are discovering the usefulness of cannabis.
Tim Shellman has suffered from grand mal epilepsy since he was 15 years of age. He and his wife Pattie describe his use of cannabis in the treatment of his convulsive disorder.
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Medical Marijuana Information Resource Center |
Epilepsy is a condition in which certain brain cells (the epileptic focus) become abnormally excitable and spontaneously discharge in an uncontrolled way, causing a seizure.
In grand mal or generalized epilepsy, the abnormal cells are on both sides of the brain, and the discharge produces convulsions (violent muscle spasms) throughout the body.
Epilepsy is treated mainly with anticonvulsant drugs including carbamazepine, phenytoin, valproic acid, phenobarbital, primidone, ethosuximide, and clonazepam. About 70 per cent of patients get relief from one of these drugs, and another 10 per cent are helped by some combination of them. Focal seizures and temporal lobe epilepsy, however, often respond poorly to these drugs.
Furthermore, anticonvulsants have many potentially serious side-effects, including bone softening, anemia, swelling of the gums, double vision, hair loss, headaches, nausea, decreased libido, impotence, depression, and psychosis. Overdose or idiosyncratic reactions may lead to loss of motor coordination, coma, and even death.
Many patients report that inhaling a small amount of cannabis daily will reduce and, in some cases, eliminate their seizures. Using cannabis when a prodrome (i.e., pre-seizure aura) occurs has been shown to be effective in aborting the seizure. Extracts of Cannabis sativa have a long history in the treatment of various neurological diseases, including epilepsy.
However, cannabinoids have been reported to exert both pro- and anti-convulsive activities (1).
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The Medical Cannabis Institute was organized to provide quality information, training and education to Medical Students, Patients and Caregivers. |
Since 1976, the U.S. Federal Government has been growing and providing Medical Marijuana (Cannabis) for a small number of patients. The Federal Government created the Investigational New Drug (IND) Compassionate Access Research Program to allow patients to receive up to nine pounds of cannabis from the government each year.
Today, five surviving patients attest to it's healing benefits and continue to receive medical cannabis from the Federal Government, paid for by Federal tax dollars.
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Is marijuana an effective treatment for epilepsy (seizures)?
- May 4, 2009 |
General Reference (not clearly pro or con)
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The Institute of Medicine wrote in its Mar. 17, 1999 report, "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base":
"Epilepsy is a chronic seizure disorder that affects about 2 million Americans and 30 million people worldwide. It is characterized by recurrent sudden attacks of altered consciousness, convulsions, or other motor activity. A seizure is the synchronized excitation of large groups of brain cells.
There are anecdotal and individual case reports that marijuana controls seizures in epileptics (reviewed in a 1997 British Medical Association report), but there is no solid evidence. While there are no studies indicating that either marijuana or THC worsen seizures, there is no scientific basis to justify such studies."
Mar. 1999 - Institute of Medicine
"Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base" (988 KB)
Donald Gross, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Alberta, et al., stated in their June 8, 2004 article, "Marijuana Use and Epilepsy; Prevalence in Patients of a Tertiary Care Epilepsy Center," published in Neurology:
Twenty-one percent of subjects had used marijuana in the past year with the majority of active users reporting beneficial effects on seizures. Twenty-four percent of all subjects believed marijuana was an effective therapy for epilepsy.
Despite limited evidence of efficacy, many patients with epilepsy believe marijuana is an effective therapy for epilepsy and are actively using it.
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Epilepsy - RIPAC: Medical Marijuana in Rhode Island |
Seizures, including epileptic seizures, can be reduced in intensity, and reduced in frequency or prevented altogether, through the use of medical marijuana. ...
Chronic administration of cannabidiol to healthy volunteers and epileptic patients.
Pharmacology. 1980;21(3):175-85. Cunha JM, Carlini EA, Pereira AE, Ramos OL, Pimentel C, Gagliardi R, Sanvito WL, Lander N, Mechoulam R. In this controlled study, 4 of the 8 CBD subjects remained almost free of convulsive crises and 3 other patients demonstrated partial improvement.
In phase 1 of the study, 3 mg/kg daily of cannabidiol (CBD) was given for 30 days to 8 health human volunteers. Another 8 volunteers received the same number of identical capsules containing glucose as placebo in a double-blind setting. Neurological and physical examinations, blood and urine analysis, ECG and EEG were performed at weekly intervals.
In phase 2 of the study, 15 patients suffering from secondary generalized epilepsy with temporal focus were randomly divided into two groups. Each patient received, in a double-blind procedure, 200-300 mg daily of CBD or placebo. The drugs were administered for along as 4 1/2 months.
Clinical and laboratory examinations, EEG and ECG were performed at 15- or 30-day intervals. Throughout the experiment the patients continued to take the antiepileptic drugs prescribed before the experiment, although these drugs no longer controlled the signs of the disease.
All patients and volunteers tolerated CBD very well and no signs of toxicity or serious side effects were detected on examination.
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Epilepsy Ontario :: Digging Up the Grass - A User's Guide to Medical Marijuana --
John Feld - Jun 22, 2006 |
If you are a Canadian with specific health problems and have a supportive doctor or two, it is now perfectly legal for you to smoke marijuana. It has been since July, 2001.
Because I have muscle spasms resulting from multiple sclerosis, I am one of those who is officially authorized not only to possess dried cannabis, but to grow my own. Perhaps you, too, could qualify.
Category 2. |
Applicants who qualify here must experience symptoms related to a medical condition or its treatment, such as severe pain, persistent muscular spasms, cachexia (general physical wasting and malnutrition usually associated with chronic disease), anorexia, weight loss, nausea and/or seizures associated with one of the following medical conditions:
spinal cord injury
spinal cord disease
cancer
AIDS/HIV infection
a severe form of arthritis
multiple sclerosis
epilepsy.
... When I called the Office of Cannabis Medical Access to ask those questions,
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Marijuana - Coping With Epilepsy |
Marijuana for epilepsy - scoring details for alternative treatments chart ... marijuana is legal in some states. It (legalization of medical marijuana) appears ...
Marijuana |
Possession and/or use of marijuana is illegal under federal law in the United States. Medical marijuana is legal in some states.
It (legalization of medical marijuana) appears to be a political football in this country. In other countries, medical marijuana (and recreational marijuana) might be perfectly legal.
Marijuana is a plant (like tobacco) that is smoked. It contains unique chemical compounds that affect brain function.
Efficacy.
According to Marijuana and Medicine:
There are anecdotal and individual case reports that marijuana controls seizures in epileptics (reviewed in a 1997 British Medical Association report13), but there is no solid evidence. While there are no studies indicating that either marijuana or THC worsen seizures, there is no scientific basis to justify such studies.
In the only known case-controlled study that was designed to evaluate illicit drug use and the risk of first seizure, Ng and co-workers137 concluded that marijuana is a protective factor for first-time seizures in men but not women. Men who used marijuana reportedly had fewer first-time seizures than men who did not use marijuana. That report was based on a comparison of 308 patients who had been admitted to a hospital after their first seizure with a control group of 294 patients. The control group was made up of patients who had not had seizures and were admitted for emergency surgery, such as surgery for appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, or acute cholecystitis.
Compared to men who did not use marijuana, the odds ratio of first seizure for men who had used marijuana within 90 days of hospital admission was 0.36 (95% confidence interval = 0.18—0.74). An odds ratio of less than one is consistent with the suggestion that marijuana users are less likely to have seizures. The results for women were not statistically significant. However, this was a weak study. It did not include measures of health status prior to hospital admissions for the patients' serious conditions, and differences in their health status might have influenced their drug use rather than--as suggested by the authors--that differences in their drug use influenced their health.
... Visit: http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/index.php?p=marijuana
Updated NORML Report Highlights Marijuana's Role In Moderating Disease Progression; 'Emerging Clinical Applications' Booklet Reviews Nearly 200 Studies On The Therapeutic Use Of Cannabis
Clinical and preclinical research on the therapeutic use of cannabis indicates that cannabinoids may curb the progression of various life-threatening diseases – including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and brain cancer, according to an updated report published by the NORML Foundation.
NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano, who authored the report, said: "The conditions profiled in this report were chosen because patients frequently ask me about the use of cannabis to treat these disorders. Ideally, with this report in their hands, patients can now begin talking openly with their physicians about whether cannabis therapy is appropriate for them."
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| So how, exactly, does medical marijuana work to treat these conditions? Why, if this medicine is so effective for some people, does it remain controversial and, in many places, illegal? In this article, we'll take a look at the medical, legal, and practical issues surrounding medical marijuana in the United States. We'll examine why some people, like Burton Aldrich,
depend on it to live normally. We'll also examine some of the intriguing intersections between pharmaceutical companies, the government and the medical marijuana industry. Visit - science.howstuffworks.com/medical-marijuana.htm - for more.
Medical Marijuana Benefits, Helps These Conditions
| You might be surprised to find that it wasn’t just ancient peoples who used the drug; marijuana remained in the United States pharmacopoeia until 1941. Up until that time, cannabis was freely available in shops and, in the UK, Queen Victoria, that most conservative of royals, used cannabis to alleviate her menstrual cramps. ... are predominantly using cannabis to treat symptoms of ...
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One question the 2011 Medical Marijuana Survey (sponsored by Legalize Utah) queried which
received some of the most detailed responses was” “Do you use Medical Marijuana to treat any physical or psychological conditions and if so, which conditions”.
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Tetrahydrocannabinol (tet-ra-hy-dro-ka-nab-i-nol; THC), also known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta9-THC), Delta1-THC (using an older chemical nomenclature), or dronabinol, is the main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant.
... Two studies indicate that THC also has an anticholinesterase action which may implicate it as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's and Myasthenia Gravis.
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Medical Marijuana for Pain and Depression | A court declared Canada's Marijuana Medical Access Regulations ... chronic pain, epilepsy and other disorders characterized by seizures, ...
Marijuana is one of the most beneficial and therapeutically active substances known to man.
Medical Cannabis refers to the use of the drug cannabis as a physician-recommended herbal therapy, most notably as an antiemetic.
Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes for approximately 4,000 years. Writings from ancient India confirm that its psychoactive properties were recognized, and doctors used it for a variety of illnesses and ailments. These included a whole host of gastrointestinal disorders, insomnia, headaches and as a pain reliever frequently used in childbirth.
In the 1970s, a synthetic version of THC, the primary active ingredient in cannabis, was synthesized to make the drug Marinol.
Due to the prohibition of marijuana however; it's use as a medicine is restricted. However, recent Canadian government legislation have made it more available to patients.
Patients are now able to apply for personal possession and even a limited cultivation license.
... Epilepsy - in some patients, epileptic seizures can be prevented with Marijuana use.
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Treating Epilepsy with Marijuana (org, info) The British Columbia Epilepsy Society is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to serving the well being of people living with epilepsy. They empower, educate, and support British Columbians living with epilepsy and their families, and fund research to find a cure.
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Marijuana and epilepsy - Epilepsy: Support |
three6mafia --
Posted: Feb 18, 2009
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I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 11 I am 17 now. I tried so many meds and none ever really worked. I had a very bad case of jumps every day and seizures every month or so. But last summer I started smoking marijuana and I had no episodes all summer and I barely ever took my meds because I was to busy/didn’t care enough to take them.
Until I got a job and I had to cut back a lot on smoking weed. And when I cut back because I had a job I started to have episodes at work. I had 1 seizure and jumps so bad I had to go home several times so I was eventually fired.
What do you think about marijuana and epilepsy? And I want to hear from anyone who smokes and has epilepsy
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Thank You for joining us here in Epland. Is this your 1st time w/ online EP support groups? Do you care enough NOW to get back on the DR/med merrygoround?? Have you Started taking your meds on a regular basis? How long have you been doing so??? Are you still experiencing szs??? Last "episode"??? I take it, now that you are fired, you are toking regularly, again???
Sorry for all the questions. When was the last time you saw a neuro? Had tests or bloodwork done?? Sorry for ALL the ??? But, if You answer them, I'll answer you. Please, be honest w/ me. I ain't gonna lecture you. But, As a toker, I will tell you what I think & what I know.
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Hello three6mafia, Well you made the first important step to understanding and accepting epilepsy by posting on here and asking questions. Good Job. As far as smoking pot and it being a substitute for meds well I think your heading down a path you really don't want to go down. And you've learned that . I understand how you are frustrated because meds haven't worked for you. Everyones journey with epi has a different beginning and some have a harder time than others , patience and communication are key factors though.
My husband has epi and he has gone the denial route , he's self medicated him self it took 3 months before he had a seizure. He thought he was fine too. Started his meds up again went a while denial jumped in and he missed meds , drank alcohol to excess (more than 8 beers a week) bam seizures. Yep seizures.
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Epilepsy and marijuana | epilepsy.com
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Hi all, I was wondering whether or not the effects of pot on the brain can intefere with the effects of the epilepsy medicine Tegretol 400mg per day. I know grapefruit and alcohol have adverse effects on the drug's treatments and can lead to uncontrollabe seizure possibilities in some cases.
However, in the case of weed I do not not if it does have any interference or not. So if anyone could help me here I would appreciate it. Thanks.Chris
... my very honest answer will be this...I have juvenile myoclonic epilepsy I am 23 years old, I am on 1000mg keppra, 150mg of zonegran and 20mg of lexapro. I smoke weed almost every day, my mind is so hyperactive it helps me to relax i have never had a tonic clonic seizure because of smoking marijuana I have how ever had very short absence seizures while "high", whether I can blame the marijuana or not is debatable as I have them while I am not under the influence as well.
but let me say this I have been hospitalized on the combonation of marijuana and alcohol. DO NOT DRINK! and be smart if you do decide to smoke, if you still have driving privelages, dont test your limits...
... hi i am 19 and i started having seizures when i was about 16. i take 600mg of dilantin every day but i think that smoking mj helps for sure. my seizures are stress indused so smoking really helps.
evey since i started smoking i never feel like i am gonna have a seizure. i have never had one when i was high.
... I started having seizures when I was 17 and I am 45 now. I never really smoked much when I was in high school or college. I currently take 800mg tegretol and 300 mg dilantin. I don't have seizures too often but as I have gotten older I have noticed there are more and more triggers and the seizures have become more painful. They last about 15-20 seconds. One of the big triggers is anxiety or anxiousness.
I get into political discussions with friends and it can get pretty heated, but respectful, and I have to back off and stop when it gets this way because I start to get auras. Earlier this summer when I went on vacation with these same friends, they brought some marijuana and I decided to smoke some. Well, the dicsussions turned to politics and religion and I was in the middle of it while I was stoned. After about 30 minutes of heated discussions the topic turned to something else and I sat back and realized I went through all of that and not one aura. I was amazed. If I had not smoked and argued at the level I had for that long I definetly would have had a seizure.
After reading many of the previous posts I have decided to try and smoke to see if it will releive me of the auras I get in certain situations.
If I get the results I did earlier I will plan to make this a main part of my seizure treatment. I have always been a proponent of legalizing marijuana for medical reasons. I hope my state (Minnesota) will adopt that as others have.
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Is there anyone here who has got a medical weed for sezuires? I'm from mich where we just pass medical marijuana and was wondering what steps you went through to get yours??
My neuro knows I use weed for my sezuires. Could he give me a scrpit for it or do I have to go to another doctor??
I'm tired of putting up with buying crap off the street and having to deal with dealers bullshit . Do you grow your own or buy from a co-op and or caregiver?? any info would be helpful.......thanks buzz
... Seizure disorders such as epilepsy are covered under the new Michigan medical marijuana law.
Doctors cannot prescribe marijuana because it is illegal under federal law and the license to prescribe medicines is a federal license. Doctors recommend that marijuana might be useful in the treatment of a condition.
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ok so i have epilepsy also.. i have grand mal's.. right now they have me on trileptol but i quite taking it and i have been smoking weed for a little over 3 years now... and sence i started smoking it i have not had one seziure.. i moved to michigan last year and with this election it is legal.. and i just found out it can be used for seziures..
well i was wondering who i could ask about it.. this fourem like is dead on.. so would i just ask a regular doc or something or would i have to have a different doc to ask
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my fiance has had seizures on and off for about 6-7 years now, beginning when she was 16. They began immediately when she began puberty and was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. The first medicine that she was prescribed was depacote, one of the more common anti epilepsy drugs.
Because the medication was not controlling tremors even though it was controlling seizures, the doctor boosted the dose up multiple times until it reached a toxic level and she had to be taken off of it. The next medication that was tried was lamictal, with devastating results, she became extremely angry and manic and began throwing things at one point, because she was psychotic and she had to drop out of school.
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Well the point of this is that there has been one miracle medication that has worked for her everytime she feels seizure brain activity and keeps her mood calm enough to not have seizures, and that medication is marijuana.
For her epilepsy marijuana has been a godsend. Ever since she started smoking it regularly she has not had a seizure and it has kept her seizures at bay when she misses doses of her regular medications.
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Brain Chemicals Suggest Marijuana's Effects,
Natural Substances May Mirror Pot's Effects on the Brain --
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Sept. 15, 2004 | Marijuana is well known for its widespread effects on the brain. The key to understanding its impact may come from the brain's own pharmacy.
Brains make their own calming substances called cannabinoids, which are similar to marijuana's active ingredients.
Cannabinoids are made in the brain's cortex, an area which processes sensory information and orchestrates movement, thinking, learning, and emotions.
Scientists already knew that the cells in this area of the brain can make their own cannabinoids.
These cells (pyramidal) normally work to excite neighboring cells; using their homemade cannabinoids temporarily allows more information to be processed by lowering the brain's inhibition of excess information processing. By lulling other brain cells, cannabinoids temporarily leave the pyramid cells free to fire away.
Now, researchers at Stanford University in California have found that other type of brain cells -- LTS cells -- can also make cannabinoids.
LTS cells ordinarily keep pyramid cells in check. This process works to guard too much information being processed from pyramidal cells to neighboring cells within the brain region.
But when LTS cells make their own cannabinoids, they tune themselves out from surrounding cells.
As a result, the brain's pyramid cells are temporarily freed from inhibition. They then process excess information to other cells.
The effects can last up to 35 minutes.
Marijuana's active ingredients may behave the same way, latching on to these cannabinoid receptor sites allowing information to be process in an altered way.
"A loss of inhibition in pyramid cells could produce changes in perception, in motor function, and in everything the cerebral cortex does," researcher David Prince, MD, says in a news release.
Studying cannabinoid receptors may one day lead to drugs for conditions such as epilepsy, says Prince, the Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley professor of neurology and neurosciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
During seizures pyramidal cells fire out of control, one reason may be that neighboring cells get shut down. Targeting and blocking cannabinoid receptors might quiet pyramidal cells activity.
Prince and Stanford colleagues based their study on lab rats. Their report appears in the Sept. 16 issue of Nature.
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Even though there's not a lot of evidence that it helps, many patients with epilepsy use marijuana, hoping it will reduce their seizures. Researchers in Alberta, Canada, asked epilepsy patients if they were smoking pot.
What the researchers wanted to know: How common is marijuana use among epilepsy patients?
What they did: Patients seen at the University of Alberta Epilepsy Clinic were called and asked about their condition and whether they use medical marijuana.
What they found: Of 136 subjects, 48 (35 percent) had used marijuana in the past month. Nearly half had used it at some time in their lives, and four were determined to be dependent on the drug.
People with frequent seizures or who'd had the disease longer were more likely to use marijuana frequently—which could mean that using marijuana makes seizures happen more often but could also mean that patients whose disease was worse were more likely to try alternative treatments. Not surprisingly, people who used other illicit drugs were also more likely to smoke marijuana.
What the study means to you: Many people with epilepsy seem to think marijuana helps. Animal studies have come up with conflicting results—in some, marijuana increases convulsions, while in others it has an anticonvulsant (somewhat more desirable) effect. In any case, if many patients are using marijuana, it seems worth studying more.
Caveats: This is one clinic in Canada, so the findings probably don't apply to everyone with epilepsy, especially if they live in places with stricter marijuana laws. (Medical use of marijuana is legal in Canada under certain conditions.)
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Medical cannabis (commonly referred to as medical marijuana) refers to the use of the dried flowers and subtending leafs and stems from pistillate Cannabis plants as a physician-recommended drug or herbal therapy.
Some studies show a positive correlation regarding its use in a medicinal context.[2][3] Use generally requires a prescription, and distribution is usually done within a framework defined by local laws. There are several methods for administration of dosage, including vaporizing or smoking dried buds, drinking or eating extracts, and taking capsules.[4][5] The comparable efficacy of these methods was the subject of an investigative study by the National Institutes of Health.[3]
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