Medical Marijauna for Chemo.

plantpot · Post by **plantpot** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:08 pm

Advice needed - Which is the best herb for causing an apitite and stopping nausea - Indica or Sativa ?

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 08:28 pm

There exists a strain from Canada(?) called Chemo for appetite, it's a sativa. Never had it pure, but had it mixed with NL.

Ghost · Post by **Ghost** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 09:26 pm

Mendicino Madness - TH SEEDS raises appetite for sure,look it up on the net.

schererbuzz · Post by **schererbuzz** » Wed 18th Mar 2009 11:53 pm

From personal experience, any potent weed will help with nausea, but I was smoking northern lights which if I remember is part indica and part afghanny. I'm a big advocate for medical marijuana, but I must admit, there were some days you can't even lift your head out of the toilet bowl to take a toke.

schererbuzz · Post by **schererbuzz** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 01:20 am

schererbuzz wrote:From personal experience, any potent weed will help with nausea, but I was smoking northern lights which if I remember is part indica and part afghanny. I'm a big advocate for medical marijuana, but I must admit, there were some days you can't even lift your head out of the toilet bowl to take a toke.

Then again, there were days I couldn't raise my head out of the bed while in the hospital. After using all my energy to get outside and smoking one, I was able to sit up on the bed and have a conversation. Weed (and my future wife) was a savior.

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Thu 19th Mar 2009 01:43 am

Sativas are very good at helping to keep food down and combating sickness. Indicas are good for inducing sleep and numbing consistent pain.

http://www.ccguide.org.uk/medical.php - a good site for experimental evidence and advice sectioned according to illness.

http://www.medicalmarijuana.org/html/faq.html I have been told contacting these guys, dutch company, results on fantastic information regarding the use of cannabis for illness.

http://www.skunked.co.uk/articles/medi ... ijuana.htm Another good site, albeit breifer than CCguide, sectioning off information into specfic illness's

http://www.sanfranciscocannabisclubs.c ... ations.htm - listing of medical cannabis groups in America, contact these for useful info.

http://www.lca-uk.org/?q=contact contact the LCA they have alot of people who are medical users as part of their organisation so are very well put to provide info on any medical cannabis issues.

Hope this helps.

Peace.

bundee1 · Post by **bundee1** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 03:34 am

I dont want to compare my experience to cancer but Id like to share anyway. I got severe food poisoning last week from some bad dairy. I was throwing up all night last Wednesday and hadnt eaten solid food for 2 days when I decided to go to my bros and smoke. He got some unknown Sativa and I smoked a few bowls and was able to eat a small steak dinner and keep it down. It got rid of my headache too. I was very surprised at its effectiveness.

Ingwey Gooblebogger · Thu 19th Mar 2009 05:11 am

This will be up to your preferences and your particular constitution.

For for analgesia, you are, typically, looking for weeds with higher CBD levels.

Indicas, typically, have reasonably good CBD levels for this purpose. However, many hybrids exist, so it might not be as clear a distinction as between indica/sativa.

For appetite, and/or nausea, you will. likewise, have to experiment. Usually, a pretty strong grass of any leaning (sativa or indica) should suffice. Again, this will be your personal preference. Some people find that satyivas tend to wind them up (and this might exacerbate your nausea, and/or might not stimulate your appetite.)

I would recommend that you discuss this with your physician(s). They may or may not be able to advise you, but, no matter what, they should be aware of all medications you are taking.

Really, even if they disapprove (although any good physician, should be understanding, if not approving of cannabis for this purpose) you MUST apprise them of your cannabis consumption so that they can more fully treat you. Also, there may be some, rare, cases where it may be contra-indicated.

By the way the "UBC Chemo" weed was a more heavy indica hybrid, but it acquired its name, not through medical use, but, rather as a marketing tool of the street level dealers.

hypnotoad420 · Post by **hypnotoad420** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 05:24 am

ISS x BC Kush helped my grandmother and uncle keep up there health during there cancers,both had brain tumors. Here are other strains that we tried to use that were successful too. hawaiian x iss, romulan x ubc chemo. and 2other company that we used strains from reccomended by a friend, called kalichakra used for severe musle pains and depression, apetite. The companies name was mandala seeds, And mr.nice guys seeds medicine man wich was way too strong for them so it ended up in my pocket

. i hope this helped a little. R.I.P. granny 2007

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 09:36 am

you could also check out the breeders homepages, some of them have an extra section for medical strains, like Nirvana does: http://www.nirvana-shop.com/seeds-medic ... -24_9.html

I remember reading about the dutch medical marihuana, which was basically Jack Herrer sold in the pharmacy.

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 12:32 pm

sh@dy wrote:you could also check out the breeders homepages, some of them have an extra section for medical strains, like Nirvana does: http://www.nirvana-shop.com/seeds-medic ... -24_9.html.

What Nirvana is that? Have you ordered from them before?

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 01:54 pm

I havent actually ordered from their shop, but I ordered some of their seeds on www.samenwahl.com and the seeds were very nice. Nirvana is very wide-spread here in Germany, never heard anything bad about them so ordering from their site should be safe.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 02:07 pm

Talking of Nirvana seeds, is Gypsy Nirvana and Nivarna one of the same?

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 02:14 pm

Boner wrote:Talking of Nirvana seeds, is Gypsy Nirvana and Nivarna one of the same?

That's why I was asking, that 'Nirvana' site looks suspect.

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 02:54 pm

from personal experience I would say they are not the same, but you can trust the site, its the companies official site and as I stated, no one in the german grower board we are on had any complaints about them...