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This document discusses medical conditions that may benefit from treatment with marijuana, including glaucoma, migraines, AIDS/HIV, and cancer. Specifically, it notes that marijuana can be used to lower eye pressure for glaucoma, treat severe pain, nausea and vomiting from migraines, stimulate appetite and reduce nausea for AIDS/HIV patients, and relieve nausea and pain from cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.
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- 1. Illness that may benefit from treatment with Marijuana
- 2. Glaucoma A medical use of marijuana has been to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (AAO 2003).
- 3. Migraines “Marijuana worked for severe pain, nausea and vomiting and I knew that it also causes vasodilatation …which led me to begin prescribing it for migraines,” stated Dr. Phillip Leveque (Leveque 6-30-08).
- 4. AIDS/HIV People with HIV use marijuana to stimulate appetite and to reduce nausea. It may also help relieve pain. (AIDS.org 2009).
- 5. Marijuana can help relieve nausea and pain from many who suffer these side affects from cancer treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy (NCI 1999). Cancer Patients
- 6. Resources AIDS.org. (2009). WHY DO PEOPLE WITH HIV USE MARIJUANA?. AIDS Infonet. Retrieved From. http://www.aids.org/factSheets/731- Marijuana.html American Academy of Ophthalmology. (May 2003). Marijuana in the Treatment of Glaucoma. Retrieved from http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecare/treatment/alternative- therapies/marijuana-glaucoma.cfm NCI. 1999. Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Support/marijuana Leveque, P. (6-30-2008). Marijuana Vs. Migraines: Modern Medical Miracle. SalemNews.com. Retrieved From. http://www.salem- news.com/articles/june302008/leveque_migraines_6-30-08.php