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Marijuana-Pharmaceutical Interactions: What You Need To Know
How CBD and THC may inhibit or amplify effects of pain meds, statins, blood thinners, insulin and more.
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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2018-01-23T17:00:21+00:00">Jan 23, 2018</time>
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Interactions between medications are very common, especially in elderly populations that medicate for pain, diabetes and high cholesterol. The geriatric population is also the fastest-growing group of medical cannabis users. Cannabis has demonstrated efficacy in treating pain, and some phytocannabinoids have been suggested for various metabolic conditions. Thus it is important to understand how cannabinoids can interact with common pharmaceuticals, both to predict and prevent negative interactions, while taking advantage of situations where cannabis and pharmaceuticals actsynergistically.
Drug interactions can be both useful and dangerous. A drug that potentiates an opiate, for example, may increase the painkilling effect, but could also increase the likelihood of overdose. Or a second analgesic could allow the dose of an opiate to be reduced, which would slow tolerance and decrease other sideeffects.......
https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/canna...d-to-know/
Marijuana-Pharmaceutical Interactions: What You Need To Know
How CBD and THC may inhibit or amplify effects of pain meds, statins, blood thinners, insulin and more.
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<a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/adrian-devitt-lee/" title="Posts by Adrian Devitt-Lee">Adrian Devitt-Lee</a>
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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2018-01-23T17:00:21+00:00">Jan 23, 2018</time>
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Interactions between medications are very common, especially in elderly populations that medicate for pain, diabetes and high cholesterol. The geriatric population is also the fastest-growing group of medical cannabis users. Cannabis has demonstrated efficacy in treating pain, and some phytocannabinoids have been suggested for various metabolic conditions. Thus it is important to understand how cannabinoids can interact with common pharmaceuticals, both to predict and prevent negative interactions, while taking advantage of situations where cannabis and pharmaceuticals actsynergistically.
Drug interactions can be both useful and dangerous. A drug that potentiates an opiate, for example, may increase the painkilling effect, but could also increase the likelihood of overdose. Or a second analgesic could allow the dose of an opiate to be reduced, which would slow tolerance and decrease other sideeffects.......
https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/canna...d-to-know/