Chronic pain, cannabis and controlled use
Did you know that cannabis has been used as a medicinal plant to cure pain for thousands of years? Such was its interest until opiates came along. Then, the use of cannabis as a medicinal plant was diminishing in the face of its increase. But... Let's get to the heart of the matter. What do you really know about cannabis? What is the relationship between cannabis and the chronic painDo you really know what the reasons are for controlled consumption of this substance? If you can't answer the questions we are asking, don't worry: at The High Class we tell you about it.
What makes cannabis considered a very beneficial plant for our bodies? The answer became clear when marijuana's organic compounds, known, among many others, as the cannabinoids 'THC' and 'CBD', were isolated. These have the incredible ability to connect with many cells in our body, and popularly known in the medical community as 'the key to a molecular lock'.
Pain can be controlled thanks to THC
In other words, THC manages to connect to our body by acting as a chemical messenger.. This is where two other very important factors come in that will make us understand how well cannabis works in our system. In the 1990s, another cannabinoid was discovered - this time, one that our body secretes naturally-: the anandamide. Furthermore, this 'anandamide' is found to be part of a larger system of intercellular communication in the body, known as the endocannabinoid system'.
Thus, it has been discovered that this endocannabinoid system is intimately connected to the self-regulatory processes of our body (temperature control, PH, blood sugar level, etc.), and is involved in numerous processes in our organism such as the motor coordination, neuroprotection, appetite or pain control.
The endocannabinoid system maintains a complex balance in the body
THC and CBD are two of the most important one hundred cannabinoids that the cannabis plant produces. And, although we can already sense that there are many benefits to its use, one of the most important of these is the treatment of pain. Cannabis, then, administered in adequate dosesIt can help control epilepsy, chronic pain, or even whet the appetite of HIV-diagnosed patients.
There are many reasons for controlled use of cannabis or 'marijuana', but, as we have said, in the field of chronic pain, two very important factors play a role: the fact that this use is dictated through medical prescription and that it be subject to exhaustive control, as the issue of opioids must be taken very seriously into account. This issue is highlighted by reference to the public health problem caused by the consumption of opioids in the United States, to give a relevant example. This issue led scientific societies to seriously question their use as a long-term treatment for patients with chronic pain in the United States. non-cancer originand changed the landscape of medical cannabis use almost worldwide.
This means that the use of medical cannabis is nowadays much more closely monitored than opioids were and are in the field of pain.
In short, although the opioid issue must be taken into account, the available scientific evidence is favourable to the use of cannabis in patients with chronic painespecially in cases of neuropathic and oncological pain. Given these facts, why deny the patient that controlled consumptionIs it not understandable that patient and doctor would agree to such use if cannabis has been with humans for thousands of years?
