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Marijuana Use and Quitting Smoking: Do Risks Outweigh Benefits?
A very common question from people trying to quit smoking is: “Will smoking marijuana help or hurt as I try to quit smoking cigarettes?” Whether marijuana will relieve side effects or withdrawal symptoms is dubious. But the risks of using any tobacco product and of smoking pot are unmistakable.
Marijuana has been used as a medical treatment for thousands of years. Marijuana was listed as an approved drug in the United States until the 1940s, when probably due to political pressure, t...
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Medicinal Marijuana: The Myths, the Money, the Munchies
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...appears to work as well as codeine in treating pain in cancer patients. In addition,... Read more »
“Medical Marijuana” Takes On New Meaning for Metastatic Breast Cancer
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...cancer, you may have considered the use of “medical marijuana” at some point during your... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: The Medical Marijuana Controversy
By Mandy Crest , Health Expert...MS patients and advocates that the use of medical marijuana provides relief from nerve pain,... Read more »
Underdosing, Not Overdosing, Is the Real Problem
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...is shifting the drug law enforcement emphasis from marijuana to methamphetamine and prescription... Read more »
Opioid Therapy: When Use Becomes Abuse
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...with past psychiatric illness and/or drug abuse (marijuana or cocaine, for example). ... Read more »
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Bipolar Disorder Prognosis
...to 60% of patients with bipolar disorder abuse other substances (most commonly alcohol, followed by marijuana or cocaine) at some point in the course of their illness.The following are risk... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Chemotherapy Treatments
...clinical trials, results from a newer study failed to show that it prolonged survival in advanced lung cancer patients who failed other treatments.If you are currently taking gefitinib, do not... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Causes
...cancer.Other Contributors. Toxic particles leading to precancerous changes in the lung are also found in marijuana. In one study, 53.8% of cigarette smokers, 66.7% of marijuana smokers, and all of... Read more »Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Highlights
...prevention, including cholesterol-lowering statins and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), used for pain relief.ChemotherapyResearchers hope that new chemotherapy agents being tested in... Read more »Headaches: Cluster: Highlights
...attacks.Management of Cluster HeadachesTreatment. Triptan drugs or oxygen therapy can provide quick pain relief and are the main ways to treat a headache attack. Sumaptriptan (Imitrex) injection... Read more »Images
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