Today in Irvine I took care of a 32 year old man who was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, a specific type of non-hodgkins lymphopma. It is a cancer that typically effects older men (mid 50′s) but he was diagnosed a month ago. he was in my office because of a lack of appetite, difficulty sleeping and general malaise. He had been using medical marijuana with good results and wanted safe access to the medicine. This is fairly common with my patients. They try it first and get good results and then come into the office. READ ON….

It is becoming much more common for patients older than 75 coming into my office to discuss using medical marijuana. This demographic of patient is not what most people think of when they think about medical marijuana. But I have seen an explosion in the number of elderly patients using it to improve the quality of their life. I recently visited Laguna Woods retirement community (formerly Leisure World Laguna Woods) during a medical marijuana conference. The turn out was spectacular and patients were eager to learn more. READ ON:

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”.