Cannabis alleviates neuropathic pain and reverses weight loss in diabetic neuropathic cachexia in a previous heroin abuser

Autor: Deeb Daoud Naccache
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2052-0573
DOI: 10.1530/EDM-20-0108
Popis: Ten years after the successful withdrawal from heroin abuse, a person with diabetes suffered intractable pain and severe muscular emaciation consistent with the syndrome of diabetic neuropathic cachexia. Anti-neuropathic medications failed neither to alleviate suffering and reverse weight loss, nor to stop muscular emaciation. Vigilant evaluation for weight loss aetiologies revealed no responsible aetiology. Prescribing medical cannabis became mandatory, with the intention to alleviate neuropathic pain, regain muscular mass and strengthen legs, enable standing upright and walking normally. Medical cannabis for pain-relief, and the orexigenic properties of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) ingredient successfully achieved these goals.
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