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- Merritt JC, Crawford WJ, Alexander PC, Anduze AL, Gelbart SS: Effect of
- marihuana on intraocular and blood pressure in glaucoma. Ophthalmology
- 1980; 87:222-28
- Chang AE, Schilling DJ, Stillman RC, Et Al: Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
- as an antiemetic in cancer patients receiving high dose methotrexate.
- Ann Intern Med 1979; 91:819-24
- Ungerleider JT; Andrysiak T: Therapeutic issues of marijuana and THC
- (tetrahydrocannabinol). Int J Addict 1985 May; 20(5):691-9
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- I obtained these citations from the Pilot Drug Evaluation Staff
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- Food and Drug Administration
- HFD-007
- Rockville, MD 20857
-
- Ask for the PDES Master Bibliography Marijuana/THC, Therapeutic Uses
-
- (9 pages with abstracts)
-
- Tod Mikuriya, M.D.
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- From: ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu (Eli Brandt)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: Medicinal Uses of Cannabis
- Date: 17 Nov 1993 05:52:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <2cce7l$d2q@jaws.cs.hmc.edu>
-
- In article <wortCGM9Lz.G71@netcom.com>, Ben Chesley <wort@netcom.com> wrote:
- >Besides the calming of nerves <hehe> I really can't think of alltogether
- >too many other uses... I could be wrong though, but those are the most
- >well known.
-
- Here's something I posted somewhere else:
-
- --------------------
- [somebody else said something]
-
- [I said:]
- The claim is something of an overstatement, mostly in the word
- "proven". However, it's nowhere near as whacked-out as you might
- think. I hate to inject a truckload of references, but actually I
- don't. So here you go.
-
- Nausea: pretty well known; I'll list a only few refs.
- Vinciguerra, Moore and Brennan, "Inhalation Marijuana as an
- Anti-emetic for Cancer Chemotherapy", NY State J. Med. 88
- (Oct 1988): 525-527.
- [78 percent of 56 patients with nausea resistant to standard
- drugs became symptom-free]
- Chang et al., "Delta-9-THC as an Antiemetic in Cancer Patients
- Receiving High-dose Methotrexate", Ann. Internal Med. 91
- (1979): 819-824.
- [smoked THC more effective than oral, among other findings]
- Doblin and Kleiman, "Marihuana as Anti-emetic Medicine: A Survey of
- Oncologists' Attitudes and Experiences", J. Clin. Oncology 9
- (191): 1275-1280.
- [44% had recommended illegal use of marijuana; half would
- prescribe it if it were legal]
-
- Glaucoma:
- Hepler and Frank, "Marihuana Smoking and Intraocular Pressure", JAMA
- 217 (1971): 1392.
- [reduces IOP in patients with glaucoma]
- Hepler, Frank, and Petrus, "Ocular Effects of Marijuana Smoking", in
- _The Pharmacology of Marijuana_, ed. Braude and Szara. (NY:
- Raven, 1976), vol.2: 815-824.
- [no tolerance to IOP effect apparent over 94-day study]
-
- Multiple sclerosis: (mostly case studies)
- Clifford, "THC for Tremor in Multiple Sclerosis", Ann. Neurology 13
- (1983): 669-671.
- [case study of treatment of resistant and disabling tremor]
- Meinck et al., "Effects of Cannabinoids on Spasticity and Ataxia in
- Multiple Sclerosis", J. Neurology 236 (1989): 120-122.
- [case study of marijuana for "motor and sexual handicaps"]
- Lyman et al., "Delta-9-THC: A Novel Treatment for Experimental
- Autoimmune Encephalitis", J. Neuroimmunology 23 (1989): 73-81.
- [THC increased survival of this MS model from 2% (placebo)
- to 95%. May *prevent* progression of MS!]
-
- AIDS: (effects on appetite are well known)
-
- Migraines: primarily anecdotal reports, but see:
- Volfe, Dvilansky, and Nathan, "Cannabinoids Block Release of
- Serotonic from Platelets Induced by Plasma from Migraine
- Patients", Int'l. J. Clin. and Pharm. Res. 5 (1985): 243-246.
-
- "spasms": (also speculative)
- Malec, Harvey, and Cayner, "Cannabis Effect on Spasticity in Spinal
- Cord Injury", Arch. Physical and Med. Rehab. 63 (March
- 1982): 116-118.
- [half of the patients surveyed used marijuana for muscle
- spasms]
- Maurer et al., "Delta-9-THC Shows Antispastic and Analgesic Effects
- in a Single Case Double-Blind Trial", Eur. Arch. Psychiatry
- and Clin. Neurosci. 240 (1990): 1-4.
- [oral THC comparable in efficacy to codeine, but more
- effective at reducing muscle spasms]
-
- labor pains: anecdotal, unless you consider nineteenth-century use.
- But as to analgesia in general:
- Noyes, Brunk, Avery, and Canter, "The Analgesic Properties of
- Delta-9-THC and Codeine", Clin. Pharm. and Therapeutics 18
- (1975): 84-89.
- [20 mg THC approximately as effective as 120 mg codeine in
- patients with advanced cancer]
- Milstein, MacCannel, Karr, and Clark: "Marijuana-produced Changes in
- Pain Tolerance: Experienced and Non-experience Subjects",
- Int'l. Pharmacopsychiatry 10 (1975): 177-182.
- [analgesic effect greater in more experienced users]
-
- > I have heard of its benefits in relieving SOME pain, but I find the claim
- >that it might help asthma to be pretty laughable.
-
- Laugh not; THC is an effective bronchodilator. Of course, smoking
- plants is probably less than optimal for asthmatics. Inhalation
- would be better, but THC itself appears to be an irritant by this
- route.
-
- Smoked THC vs. inhaled isoproterenol: Tashkin et al., "Effects of
- Smoked Marijuana in Experimentally Induced Asthma", Amer.
- Rvw. of Respiratory Disease 112 (1975): 377-386.
- [smoked THC had slower, longer effect]
- Inhaled THC vs. isoproterenol: Vachon et al., "Airways response to
- Aerosolized Delta-9-THC: Preliminary Report", in _The
- Therapeutic Potential of Marijuana_, ed. Cohen and Stillman.
- [inhaled THC had faster, shorter effect]
-
- The flyer in question didn't mention epilepsy, but I'll throw that in:
- Davis and Ramsey, "Antiepileptic Action of Marijuana-Active
- Substances", Federation Proceedings 8 (1949): 284-285.
- [2 of 5 cases of severe anticonvulsant-resistant grand mal
- epilepsy controlled]
- Consroe, Wood, and Buchsbaum, "Anticonvulsant Nature of Marijuana
- Smoking", JAMA 234 (1975): 306-307.
- [case study: marijuana effective as adjunct to phenytoin and
- phenobarbital]
- Cunha, Carlini, Periera, et al., "Chronic Administration of
- Cannabidiol to Healthy Volunteers and Epileptic Patients",
- Pharmacology 21 (1980): 175-185.
- [cannabidiol effective as adjunct to antiepileptic drugs]
-
- The above cites are mostly from Grinspoon and Bakalar,
- _Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine_. I've only read a few of the
- referenced articles, so I'm going by their commentary for the most
- part.
-
- >You can find such an example of this on the Shamen's album "Boss
- >Drum." The cut "Natural States" is an interview with someone bombed
- >out of their gourd, blabbering on and on about something which
- >probably makes complete sense to them, but is sheer nonsense to
- >anyone in full possession of thier senses.
-
- Would that be the Tim Leary track? :-)
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