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 [...]

Today in Irvine I followed up with a 31 year old women who has been using medical marijuana to treat severe pelvic pain secondary to endometriosis for the past year.   She told me she has had her “period” for the past 179 days, has become anemic and the lupron that she is taking makes [...]

My name is Marie and I am a medical marijuana patient.  I am 63 years old and have suffer from severe arthritis in both my hips.  I am mother of 4, grandmother of 10 and live in a small retirement community in southern California. I use medical marijuana twice per day.  Once when I wake [...]

Yesterday in my Long Beach office I took care of a 64 year old man who was diagnosed with early onset dementia (Alzheimer’s Type).   He came in to see if medical marijuana can help slow down the progress of his disease and improve cognitive function. He cited a study published in the Journal of [...]

Last year a 73 year old man named Robert came to me asking to use medical marijuana to help him deal with Kidney cancer that had spread to his lungs.    At that time he needed help with his appetite, sleep and back pain and wanted to try marijuana.   I remember him leaving and [...]

One of my biggest concerns for elderly patients who want to try medical marijuana for any reason is the risk of falls.   Marijuana is a psychoactive drug and will affect a patients balance and coordination.  Combine that with mobility issues for a variety of reasons and you have situation that warrants discussion.  The following [...]

Yesterday I took care of a 24 year old female who manages all her symptoms of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)with medical marijuana.    Many people do not realize that children can develop arthritis but like my patient, who was diagnosed at the age of 7, there are thousands of kids who suffer.    JRA is [...]