A recent study conducted by Dr. Abrams, the head of Hematology and Oncology at UC San Francisco, showed that patients who took vaporized medical marijuana in addition to opioids had a 33% greater reduction in pain that patients who only took opioids.   This is a groundbreaking study in the United States which showed that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If I had to guess how what percentage of patients come in to use medical marijuana for joint pain it would be close to 70%.   The largest growing population of medical marijuana patients are the baby boomers who are just sick and tired of “popping pills”.     Whether it is Motrin, Naprosyn, Celebrex, [...]

Since 2009 Dr. Sean Breen has been evaluating patients who qualify to use medical marijuana per California’s Proposition 215 in Long Beach.   His office is located in the Los Altos Medical Plaza on the corner of Atherton and Bellflower blvd (Suite 212). This office is conveniently located next to Long Beach State and the [...]

Today in my Irvine office I took care of a patient with the diagnosis of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, who has been using medical marijuana for the past 12 months.   I initially met with him a year ago and today was the first time he followed up [...]

This blog is going to walk you through the steps of getting a medical marijuana card in Orange County, California. Step 1: Determine if you have a qualifying diagnosis Most patients think medical marijuana can only be recommended for dying patients or those with severe disabilities. In California, that is not the case. The most [...]

Two years ago a patient of mine named Brain sat in the orthopedic spine specialists examination room anxiously awaiting his recommendation.   He had herniated 2 discs (L3-L4 and L4-L5) and was having sever pain and occasional numbness down his right leg.   The pain was debilitating and it was keeping him from working as [...]

Today I took care of a 61 year old male who was diagnosed with Erythromelalgia, also known as Mitchell’s Disease, who suffered from extreme pain. For the past year he has been using medical marijuana to treat his pain with “excellent results”.

I first noticed this patient because he was sitting in my waiting room with no shoes or socks on and his feet up on the coffee table which seemed a little odd until I saw his feet and then understood. To see a picture of what I witnessed and what someone who suffers with this disease has to deal with READ ON…

Yesterday in Long Beach I took care of a 61 year old man who was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer 9 years ago and survived! Unfortunately her had a follow up scan this year and a new cancer lesion was found. Amazingly he is 100% confident his body will cure this lesion as well. He has been controlling all his symptoms (nausea/lack of appetite/ abdominal pain) with medical marijuana and it has “saved my life.” I am blogging about this patient because pancreatic cancer is a death sentence for most patients… BUT YOU CAN NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE BODIES DESIRE FOR HEALING AND HOMEOSTASIS!!!!