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The “Weed” that Could End Lyme Disease for Good

Cannabis to the rescue

Changing thoughts on alternative health and an increase in the acceptance and understanding of the benefits of medical marijuana are paving the path for this “weed” to be used for a number of debilitating medical conditions, many that do not respond well to conventional treatments.

Persons diagnosed with Lyme disease can use marijuana one of two ways. They can smoke it to reduce symptoms, or use cannabis oil to combat the condition.

Cannabis Is Proven To Be Best Treatment For Lyme Disease

Traditional treatments have involved long term antibiotics which have not been proven to completely get rid of the organism responsible, with the resultant well documented damage that long term or over prescribed antibiotics have on our bodies and the bacteria they are meant to combat.

Now cannabis is gaining interest from experts as a way of relieving symptoms but also to possibly get rid of the disease causing bacteria altogether.
Patients using it as relief have often suffered from serious damage to the gastrointestinal tract as a result of having a long term prescription for harsh antibiotics or strong painkillers. It eases nausea as well as muscle and joint pain.

Lyme disease patients have reported a complete disappearance of all symptoms including seizures as well as pain and immobility. Some patient testimonies have come from people who had suffered with Lyme disease for many years and suffered through misdiagnosis and ineffective conventional treatments. Some were wheelchair bound and debilitated to the extent that they were unable to walk, talk or even eat independently. However following treatment with cannabis oil they have made staggering recoveries to the point where they are free from all symptoms and appear to be ‘free’ of the disease.

paperwhite schreef:Medicinale cannabis komt in België binnenkort in de apotheek (merknaam Savitex) In Nederland zou het al langer op de markt zijn ?

Ik weet niet of het cannabisolie is. Het is wel een sterke pijnstiller die goed werkt en bij MS wordt voorgeschreven.

Bij lyme zijn er ook vaak MS-achtige symptomen. Dus ik vind dat we het op zijn minst moeten kunnen proberen.

Sativex nu in heel Europa verkrijgbaar dankzij verminderde oppositie tegen medicinale cannabis
December 19th 2013

Hoewel het medicijn op de markt wordt gebracht onder de naam Sativex, wordt het generiek aangeduid als nabiximols. Het wordt geëxtraheerd uit twee soorten cannabis (welke, is een goed bewaard bedrijfsgeheim) met ethanol en CO2.

Sativex is een oromucosale spray (werkend op de orale slijmvliezen), bedoeld voor sublinguale toepassing. Het medicijn is in principe een tinctuur van cannabisolie en bevat THC en CBD in vrijwel gelijke hoeveelheden: elke spray bevat een vaste dosis van 2,7 mg THC en 2,5 mg CBD.

Sativex is momenteel nog niet verkrijgbaar in Nederland aangezien het vergoedingentraject nog niet doorlopen is.