Do you Have Cancer Patients? Use Marijuana for Pain Management

Posted by Alisha Sanchez on October 29th, 2017

Cancer has been on the rise and the ravages of this deadly disease are to be feared. The disease leaves the victims as a shelf of their former selves. Cancer is dreaded because of the adverse effects its treatments expose the victims too. Loss of hair, a frail body both physically and mentally, and don’t even mention the pain, it’s unbearable.

Chemotherapy is painful. Sometimes the patients cannot handle it and even succumb to the pain. There’s hope though. With marijuana, patients can experience reduced levels of pain or better yet complete relief.

A recent study shows that use of marijuana has remarkable effects on cancer and cancer treatment related symptoms. However there has been limited research because the use of marijuana is yet to be legalized in many parts of the world. In this articles let us highlight how you can use marijuana medically to manage the pain of your cancer patients.

But first things first.

What are the possible negative effects of Marijuana?

Marijuana may aggravate your medical condition if you fail to seek sound consumption methods. If you have lung issues or chronic bronchitis it is not advisable to smoke cannabis. The smoke produced as you smoke marijuana may result in the same adverse effects as those produced from smoking tobacco. Therefore, for cancer patients the mode of consumption is important. Anything but smoking would work, use of pills, eating it raw or put it in food.

Another negative effect of marijuana is the onset of anxiety or paranoia. It is advisable to start the cancer patient on small doses and as a medical practitioner advise them so that they get the correct dose for their ailment.

As you prepare on how to open a dispensary in Colorado and be a practitioner it is important to pay attention to details and conduct thorough research on marijuana.

Benefits of Marijuana in Cancer Patients

• Chemotherapy is hard on cancer patients and comes with symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. According to the National Cancer Institute cannabinoid treatments are FDA approved for nausea and vomiting. Apart from effectively working to quell nausea and vomiting, medical marijuana works better than the non-cannabinoid treatments available in the market currently.
  
  
• Cancer also wears the body down and leaves the patient with lots of fatigue and unbearable pain. This could be as a result of erratic sleep patterns where the patient suffers from insomnia.When taken in small doses CBD in marijuana reduces fatigue and boosts the mood.
  
  
• Marijuana works by calming the patient and will help them sleep better. Remember to control the quantities you administer to the patients.
  
  
• Another side effect of chemotherapy is the loss of appetite perhaps as a result of the nausea and vomiting. The adverse effects of the treatment causes patients to lose weight at alarming rates. Marijuana helps in curbing weight loss by reducing nausea and improving the patient’s appetite.
  
  

Marijuana is like that wonder drug that when taken in the right doses comes with many numerous medical benefits. It is however important to consider the legality of using it in the city, state or country you are in.