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The Role of Cannabis in Treating Long COVID

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  Despite the trouble obtaining funding, extreme pain, and loss of income, those researching (and using) cannabis for long COVID are hopeful. Shutterstock 61 Shares During a recent (and highly important) call with one of my publishers, I put the call on mute whenever I wasn’t speaking so I could projectile vomit. I was having a migraine, but the call was too important to reschedule. Unfortunately, while they may work for some, Sumatriptan, along with Topamax, Nurtec, and every other migraine medication doctors prescribed me, play into the accompanying nausea and I throw it up before any pain relief for my head (which hurt so badly I wanted to put a bullet through my brain) could set in. While I’m going to continue to see neurologists and (when I can get in, the waitlists are nuts) a long-term COVID specialist, the next time a migraine strikes, I’m sticking with THC gummies, honey. Thank god cannabis is also good for nausea. I didn’t have migraines before I had COVID, which I got in...
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Treating Tourettes With Cannabis - Researches And Thoughts Of The Specialists

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  Tourettes is a difficult condition for which there is little to nothing in the way of a cure. While medication has been shown to relieve symptoms, even this is uncertain, with many patients struggling to find the right treatment for them. Is cannabis the answer? In this article, we take a sweeping look at the possible pros and cons of using cannabis to treat Tourette’s syndrome. Important. Before we get too far into the weeds with this article, it's important to keep in mind that the officially approved medical applications of cannabis remain very limited. Even common medical applications for cannabis—pain management, sleep treatment, anxiety, or depression relief—are all applied to relieve symptoms.  There are currently no significant, medically approved situations in which cannabis is viewed as a reliable cure for a condition.  The same goes for Tourettes. While our article will soon show that there are a variety of different perspectives on this issue, the official m...
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