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Cannabis & Multiple Sclerosis
FromMS Living Well: Key Info from Multiple Sclerosis Experts
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Multiple sclerosis often causes nerve pain with burning and pins-needles sensations, and spasticity associated with muscle tightness and cramping. The specific role of medical marijuana components including THC and CBD in MS in alleviating these MS symptoms addressed. Information regarding which MS patients are more likely to benefit from cannabis are reviewed in depth. Risks and concerns of cannabis use in MS addressed. All federal, state and local laws should always be followed. Barry Singer, MD, Director of The MS Center for Innovations in Care, interviews: Allen Bowling, M.D., Ph.D. , MS neurologist at the Colorado Neurological Institute Jacob Sosnoff, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign To learn more, mslivingwell.org. To share your story, check out ICanWithMS.org.
Released:
Oct 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (41)
Winning Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: Don’t Underestimate the Disease: Treatment approaches to multiple sclerosis continue to change. Over the past quarter of a century, MS went from an untreatable disease to a disease responsive to a broad array of oral, intravenous and self-injected medications. Greater long-term... by MS Living Well: Key Info from Multiple Sclerosis Experts