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Medical Cannabis of Southern California has two clinics operated by Dr. Sean Breen. He is licensed California physician and a former US Navy doctor who served with the United States Marine Corp at Camp Pendeton, California.

As medical director of Medical Cannabis of Southern California I see patients who want to discuss the benefits of using marijuana for medicinal purposes.  We have two full time clinics located in Irvine, CA and Long Beach, CA. I am often asked by patients “when do I receive my card?”  There is a misconception about [...]

I want to take the opportunity to thank someone that is very special to me and has worked extremely hard to bring our clinic from its infancy to arguably the best medical cannabis clinic in the country.  She has worked tirelessly and done everything I have asked of her and more to make sure our [...]

I recently evaluated a 52 year old male patient who suffered from Nocturnal Seizures and had been placed on Dilantin (Phenytoin). He said that although the medication was working to reduce the amount of seizures he suffered from severe fatigue and “zero appetite”. He was coming for a recommendation to use medical cannabis as he has been using it with “amazing results” and wanted to “be legal”.

The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California at San Diego is committed to studying the medical benefits of cannabis. It regularly conducts clinical trials for various medical conditions, most of the centered around pain and muscle spasticity. It findings clearly show that marijuana (cannabis) is effective in treating acute and chronic pain.

What is interesting is that researches found that patients do not have to get high in order to get pain relief. They found that cannabis used in smaller amounts was just as effective as patients who took larger doses.

As medical director for Medical Cannabis of Southern California I often evaluate women who suffer from pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)/premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). They often complain of headache, pelvic pain, breast pain, difficulty sleeping, bloating, irritability, anxiety, depression and an inability to concentrate. Typically the standard treatment that their doctors prescribe do not work well enough and they would like to try cannabis. I have seen amazing results with women who vaporize cannabis to treat their PMS.

Last week in my Irvine office I had a mother and her 18 year old daughter named Jhenna come in for a cannabis recommendation. Jhenna stated that she had been suffering from anorexia for the past 4 years. Her weight had plummeted to 94 lbs 12 months and she is 5’8″ tall. It started while pursuing a modeling career upon entering high school. Amazingly for the past year she has controlled her appetite and weight loss by medicating with cannabis on a daily basis.

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As medical director for Medical Cannabis of Southern California I often evaluate patients suffering from fibromyalgia. The majority of my fibromyalgia patients are women in the >40 age group. Typically they present to me with a bag of prescription pain medications that they would like to stop.

As medical director for Medical Cannabis of Southern California I have had the opportunity to take care of a few patients with the diagnosis of dystonia. Dystonia is an extremely painful disorder that is characterized by severe muscle spasm. It can affect any muscle group in the body. One of my patients c/o cervical dystonia which affected the muscles in her neck. She would get severe neck spasms and terrible headaches. She described them as incapacitating. The pain was frequent, interrupted her sleep and was breaking her spirit.