More than 10% of fibromyalgia patients report that they use marijuana to relieve pain, according to a study published online June 21, 2012 in Arthritis Care & Research. Researchers from the McGill University Health Center in Montreal examined factors associated with self-reported marijuana use in 457 fibromyalgia patients. Of the 13% who said they used cannabinoids, 80% used marijuana, 24% used prescription cannabinoids, and 3% were users of both.
The study results revealed that people with fibromyalgia who do use marijuana are more likely to be in poorer mental health, seek out opioid drugs, and be unemployed. Significantly more males than females were marijuana users. While some fibromyalgia patients may experience pain relief by using marijuana, researchers warned against the use of illegal drugs. They also warned that some patients may use fibromyalgia as an excuse to justify marijuana use.
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The US Govt found, in the 1st Gulf War, that blowing up an Iraqi ammunition dump full of nerve gas made from fluoride caused exposed US troops to develop fibromyalgia. It’s a shame it took so many ruined lived to discover the US Govt forced all of us drinking city water to be exposed to fluoridation caused fibromyalgia. Cannabis extracts of up to 40% concentration were used in 50% of all US made medicines prior to cannabis prohibition. There was no public outcry to stop the use of cannabis, as it successfully treated over 100 illnesses, and still does. So, the US Govt creates the problem called fibromyalgia. Then, refuses to allow adults to exercise their free will to get any relief from forced poisoning by using cannabis. What physical condition do you expect someone with fibromyalgia would be in? Working, mentally stable, able bodied? Dumb, on top of dumb statements that discount why cannabis is needed by fibromyalgia sufferers. I love this country. But, so many laws & regulations are never thought through to their logical conclusion. We must start rolling back every law that harms the family budget, public health, & limits our right to exercise free will.
Well said Mark!
It could also be said that those that are driven to use marujuana are the worst cases with unmanagable pain leading them to be unable to work and having worse mental cognative issues!
Fibromyalgia symptoms include debilitating fatigue, sleep disturbance, and joint stiffness. Some patients may also report difficulty with swallowing, bowel and bladder abnormalities, numbness and tingling, and cognitive dysfunction. Fibromyalgia is frequently comorbid with psychiatric conditions such as depression and anxiety and stress-related disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder. The brains of fibromyalgia patients show functional and structural differences from those of healthy individuals. Many of the symptoms are similar to allergic reactions. In our clinic we find many people allergic to dairy in all its shapes and forms. And we are not the only ones with these findings. Many scientific researchers are now finding that 95% of disease has an underlying cause of allergies, in particular with the hormones in dairy.
Imagine starting your day with an Estrogen pill, followed by progesterone, prolactin, melatonin, oxytocin, and 50+ other hormones
including gastrointestinal peptides and hypothalamic hormones. It is no wonder that the Townsend Medical Letter noted the following in May of 1995:
“In reality, cow’s milk, especially processed cow’s milk, has been linked to a variety of health problems, including: mucous production, hemoglobin loss, childhood diabetes, heart disease, atherosclerosis, arthritis, kidney stones, mood swings, DEPRESSION, irritability, and allergies.”
Only less than 40 % of the population has lactose persistence, a mutation caused by continual suckling. most grown ups have a lactose intolerance and need to avoid being wet nursed by a cow..
As milk’s composition is based on raising an offspring of the same type as the mother, it is unlikely to be a healthy choice, in particular after the weaning process, when the production of lactase ceases.
Drugs like cannabis don’t do anything for the causes of the problem. They might alleviate the problem for a short time, but it is still there afterwards.
This is where modern medicine has gone wrong as well, treating symptoms with drugs rather than finding the causes of disease. This is not scientific!
Many in the alternative health field believe that allergies are the main cause of disease.
As a Kinesiologist I find most people allergic to the following items; dairy, the most allergenic substance, and best totally avoided, peanuts, particularly in young children, eggs, potato, onion, food colouring, food flavouring, Tobacco, M.S.G, Medicine (side effects), L.S.D, Marijuana, alcohol and other mind altering substances, chlorine (in young children in particular), and fluoride.
These need to be avoided totally and a detoxification program instigated. Vitamin C and a zinc supplement to boost the immune system are recommended.
As Carolinmary pointed out, many of the symptoms of fibromyalgia are allergy symptoms.
Using drugs that have side effects, (another word for allergic response) is not the answer in combating this debilitating disorder. It is more important to eliminate the allergic causes.
Using drugs for the pain leaves you still with the pain afterwards and is of no use.
I DOUBLE what Mitch said above, is it no wonder how the inability to work is also due to the fact that the pain is so severe, and because of this a person be more depressed. It’s a no brainer.