Alternative Meds?
Hi All, I just want to ask if someone ever tried using medical cannabis as an alternative medicine? I've been reading some article about medical marijuana and how it can help you in terms of pain management, anxiety disorders and panic attacks, inflamation, even cancer and a lot more. Like this review on a certain strain called cali kush from http://www.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/cali-kush/, it has a very high pain suppressing effect. Cbd and thc are also new to me and I don't even smoke. Alternatively, they've also find new ways to infuse cannabis on food and beverages. If this is true I cant find any solid conclusive evidence that speaks to its efficacy. Any personal experience or testimonial would be highly appreciated. Thanks
Hi Zelimkhan,
Thank you for your question - I hope you'll get some responses from our community members with experience on these topics. In the meantime, we do have a post on complementary and alternative therapies that you might find helpful: https://inflammatoryboweldisease.net/treatment/complementary-and-alternative-therapies/.
Please keep us posted on your journey and how this ends up working for you!
- Susan (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net Team Member)
I have bowel blockages from adhesions; my last gastroentrologist , after tests, said there was no medical or surgical solution to my problem. It seems no one takes this seriously as a disease and all the doctors I have gone to tell me something different. I have learned to take this into my own hands and deal with it myself. Some of their suggestions and treatments have practically killed me, and with one I ended up with kidney failure and had to go to Mayo Clinic for 2 1/2 weeks. Three years ago I had 22 episodes of partial blockages in one year. I'd just recover from one and then get another one. (Now I monitor myself and take an opiod pain killer (the bare minimum-only thing that helps with the pain) and it's usually over with in 24 hours). 2 years ago I started taking full spectrum CBD capsules, 10mg per day. I am not cured, but I only have attacks now about every 6-8 weeks. What a relief. Some are not as serious as previously, some are. CBD acts differently for every one. It does nothing for me for the pain that I know of, and nothing for my anxiety, but I think it relieves the spasms I get with an attack and holds them off so they don't get started. Since I want to keep the adhesions flexible, I tilt every other day on a inversion table, about 1/3 of the way down, and I think that helps as well. As I get older, the adhesions get tougher and the small intestine gets weaker. The local hospital is quite large, but I was told by the surgeon that if I have a complete blockage I have to go to the large university hospital 125 miles away because the local hospital doesn't have the facilities to handle me. He said I have 6 hours to get there. I made a deal with a small independent hospital 25 miles down the road to do an assessment of me before I go all the way to the specialist. This has been my journey for 10 years now and I have been able to control this with a low residue diet, cbd, recovery diet, every thing they would do at the hospital minus the tube down my nose and the IV. I feel I am walking a tight rope all the time because inbetween attacks I am quite healthy and in really good shape.
Hi
, Thank you for being brave enough to ask about a controversial topic. There are a lot of studies being conducted now to determine just how much of an impact cannabis can have on inflammation.
We do know that some CBD topicals have been extremely helpful in healing swelling, incision pain and joint pain. Also, for those of us that cannot eat due to lack of appetite and nausea, medicinal marijuana in a variety of forms can help create an appetite as well as relieve nausea to keep food down. Cannabis & CBD infused foods can be a bit strong and hard to gauge with dosage. But there are drops, vaporizers and sprays you can use instead of the traditional smoke.
-Brooke
(InflammatoryBowelDisease.net Team Member)
