Since 2008 Doctor Breen has been evaluating patients in Long Beach that qualify to use medical marijuana under California’s proposition 215.    His office is located at the Los Altos Medical Center at 1777 N Bellflower Blvd Suite 212 which is down the street from the VA Hospital and Long Beach State.   His practice [...]

Almost daily do have to educate my patients on the health hazards of the drinks they routinely use throughout the course of the day.   Today I sat down with a 51 year old man who came in with a Rockstar Energy drink.   He was using it “to get a jumpstart in the morning.” [...]

Today in Long Beach I took care of a 49 year old white make who suffers chronic insomnia as a result of a Circadian Rhythm Disorder.    Normally our bodies are on a 24 hour sleep/wake cycle.   Normal people have feedback systems that tell the brain it’s time to go to bed.  A simple [...]

Since 2008 Dr. Sean Breen has been the medical director for Medical Cannabis of Southern California. During that time he has treated several hundred HIV+ patients with medical marijuana. His clinic is located adjacent to the Aids Services Foundation of Orange County in Irvine and it has been a blessing for both Dr. Breen and [...]

Today in Irvine I took care of a 57 year old women named Pam who had a recurrence of her Breast cancer and is undergoing a second round of chemotherapy and radiation (ends Feb 2012)   She is using medical marijuana because it significantly reduced her nausea, improved her appetite and “took my mind off [...]

This past Monday I was honored to speak to over 150 seniors at Leisure World Seal Beach about the benefits and risks of using medical marijuana.    The largest growing demographic of patients using medical marijuana are the 55 and over community.   In my 4 plus years of speaking to thousands of seniors, they [...]

Over the past month I have evaluated three women with a diagnosis of Interstitial Cystitis who wanted medical marijuana recommendations.    The number one reason that they wanted to use marijuana is that it reduced the pain associated with sexual intercourse (dyspareunia) and greatly improved the quality of their relationships.   (At the conclusion of [...]

Yesterday I followed up with a patient who has been treating his OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) with medical marijuana for the past 12 months.   He claims that it reduces his obsessions by “85%” and that he does not know what he would do without it. His main issue is “counting” and “checking” (i.e did [...]

Yesterday in my Irvine office I followed up with a 58 year old man who suffers from Huntington Disease and uses medical marijuana to improve his chorea, improve his mood, induce sleep and reduce muscle soreness from being in a wheelchair. At the end of my blog I include a basic patient handout that goes [...]

Yesterday in Irvine I took care of a 48 year old man who was diagnosed with Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy.   He has been using medical marijuana for the past 2 months and wanted to come in for an evaluation and recommendation.    In this post I pasted an extensive review for patients on the signs [...]