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| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a painful and debilitating disease that affects the central nervous system. MS is the most common debilitating neurological disease of young people. Symptoms include muscular spasticity, severe pain, and loss of function. Patients often become depressed. Conventional treatment is aimed at controlling these symptoms. Many of the medications used for these problems are not sufficiently effective and have unacceptable side effects. Many patients have turned to medical marijuana for safe symptomatic relief and have found good results that have improved the quality of life for them. The following excerpt is taken from the Americans For Safe Access web site: “Anecdotal reports and a small controlled study have reported that cannabis improved spasticity and, to some extent, improved tremor in MS patients. Many studies of the pharmacology of cannabis have identified effects on motor systems of the central nervous system that have the potential of affecting tremor and spasticity. A recent carefully controlled study of the efficacy of THC in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, the animal model of MS, demonstrated significant amelioration of these two MS symptoms. Moreover, cannabis has demonstrated effects on immune function that also have the potential of reducing the autoimmune attack that is thought to be the underlying pathogenic process in MS. Many MS patients report that cannabis has a startling and profound effect on muscle spasms, tremors, balance, bladder control, speech and eyesight. Many wheelchair-bound patients report that they can walk unaided when they have smoked cannabis.” The quality of your life can be improved! Call Marijuana Medicine Evaluation Centers and make an appointment with one of our compassionate and knowledgeable physicians. |