Did you know that the first online transaction was the sale of Marijuana. In 1971, Stanford students using Arpanet accounts at Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab engaged in a commercial transaction with their counterparts at MIT. Medical Marijuana is legal in over half the states in America, and is one of the most controversial topics. First, I will talk about what Marijuana is and what it can be used for. Second, I will discuss how Medical Marijuana helps patients and what the effects are. Lastly, I will discuss what medicines have come out of marijuana and Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome.
The term Medical Marijuana refers to using the whole, unprocessed plant, or its basic extracts, to treat symptoms of illness, or other …show more content…
The first is Dronabinol (Marinol), which is a gelatin capsule containing THC, which is approved by the FDA, to treat nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, as well as weight loss and poor appetite in patients with AIDS. The 2nd is Nabilone (Cesamet), is a synthetic cannabinoid that acts much like THC, it is taken by the mouth to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemo when all other drugs have failed. But, there is a new condition being researched about that is called, Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. The United States National Library of Medicine characterizes this by chronic cannabis use, recurring episodes of vomiting and nausea, and frequent hot bathing. This Syndrome is caused by an unknown mechanism, and the clinical course of CHS is divided into three phases: the prodromal phase, the hyperemetic phase, and the recovery phase. The hyperemetic phase usually is gone within 48 hours, and treatment involves supportive therapy with fluid resuscitation and antiemetic medications. The reason that it can be characterized by hot bathing is that the hot water temporarily reduces their nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. While more and more people are going with the trend of wanting to use Medical Marijuana, and scientists are wanting to study its medicinal properties, Donald Abrams, an integrative medicine specialist for cancer patients at the University of California, San Fran, said that, “ It is exceptionally difficult to do high quality studies on its medicinal effects in the
The term Medical Marijuana refers to using the whole, unprocessed plant, or its basic extracts, to treat symptoms of illness, or other …show more content…
The first is Dronabinol (Marinol), which is a gelatin capsule containing THC, which is approved by the FDA, to treat nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, as well as weight loss and poor appetite in patients with AIDS. The 2nd is Nabilone (Cesamet), is a synthetic cannabinoid that acts much like THC, it is taken by the mouth to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemo when all other drugs have failed. But, there is a new condition being researched about that is called, Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. The United States National Library of Medicine characterizes this by chronic cannabis use, recurring episodes of vomiting and nausea, and frequent hot bathing. This Syndrome is caused by an unknown mechanism, and the clinical course of CHS is divided into three phases: the prodromal phase, the hyperemetic phase, and the recovery phase. The hyperemetic phase usually is gone within 48 hours, and treatment involves supportive therapy with fluid resuscitation and antiemetic medications. The reason that it can be characterized by hot bathing is that the hot water temporarily reduces their nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. While more and more people are going with the trend of wanting to use Medical Marijuana, and scientists are wanting to study its medicinal properties, Donald Abrams, an integrative medicine specialist for cancer patients at the University of California, San Fran, said that, “ It is exceptionally difficult to do high quality studies on its medicinal effects in the