by ncwmedical | Aug 26, 2018 | Conditions
Patients keep coming back talking about opioid reduction and elimination. Patients have been tapering down off opiates using cannabis to heal and reduce withdrawal symptoms. Some of my close friends who started using cannabis 5 months ago have eliminated opiate...
by ncwmedical | Mar 28, 2018 | Conditions
Macular degeneration (MD) is a medical condition affecting over 10 million Americans. Recent studies have shown that cannabis can be used to treat symptoms of MD and even work to regenerate cells. The healing power of cannabis has helped thousands of patients with...
by ncwmedical | Feb 26, 2018 | Conditions
Neural basis of anxiolytic effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in generalized social anxiety disorder: a preliminary report. Human studies indicate that cannabidiol (CBD), a major constituent of cannabis, has anxiolytic properties. However, no study to date has investigated...
by ncwmedical | Jan 4, 2018 | Conditions, Maryland Cannabis News, NCW News, Plant Extracts, Prescriptions
So how can a plant like cannabis potentially play such a diverse treatment role across a variety of health conditions? The answer may lie in the pharmacological phenomenon dubbed the “entourage effect”, a mechanism that is unique to whole-plant cannabis medicine and...
by ncwmedical | Dec 27, 2017 | Conditions, Maryland Cannabis News, NCW News, Plant Extracts, Prescriptions
The Unique Pharmacological Benefits of Whole Plant Cannabis Medicine When discussing medical cannabis, the terms delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and more recently, cannabidiol (CBD), have become the most popular and most studied constituents of this unique...
by ncwmedical | Dec 6, 2017 | Conditions
A new study conducted in a cancer center in a state with legalized medicinal and recreational marijuana found that approximately one-quarter of surveyed patients used marijuana in the past year, mostly for physical and psychological symptoms. Published early online...
