August 3, 20106 CommentsDisease Treatment
Chronic Pain,
cytomegalovirus,
diabetic neuropathy,
HSV,
ibuprofen,
insomnia,
multiple sclerosis,
neuropathic pain,
neuropathy,
NSAIDS,
phantom pain,
post herpetic neuralgia,
shingles,
spinal cord pain,
transverse myelitis,
varicella
Last week I had a patient who suffered from Transverse Myelitis come in for a medical marijuana recommendation. She was the first patient that I have taken care of with this problem. However today I had a 61 year old women who came in with a 10 year history of Transverse Myelitis and she complained of a burning pain in her left leg that makes it extremely difficult for her to sleep. She also has complete numbness to pressure in that leg. It wasn’t until recently, after her sons begged her to try, that she found cannabis not only reduces the pain but allows her to sleep through the night! Amazing.
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September 27, 20095 CommentsDisease Treatment
cannabis,
carpal tunnel syndrome,
causalgia,
Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research,
complex regional pain syndrome,
diabetic neuropathy,
Dr Sean Breen,
HIV sensory neuropathy,
marijuana,
neurontin,
peripheral neuropathy,
phantom pain,
polyneuropathy,
post herpetic neuralgia,
post surgical pain,
postmastectomy syndrome,
postthoracotomy syndrome,
reflex sympathetic dystrophy,
University of California San Diego
As medical director for Medical Cannabis of Southern California I frequently evaluate patients with neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain results from damage to the actual nerves in the peripheral or central nervous system rather than stimulation of pain receptors.
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