Sharing Medical Blog... Inhale MD

https://inhalemd.com/blog/top-5-illnesses-to-treat-with-cannabis/

The blog is what we talk about and reiterates good points:

Nausea/Vomiting/Appetite: Appetite and cancer/chronic disease is where it's at.

"In reality, for nausea and vomiting, there are conventional medications that are better than cannabis...On the appetite front, there are only a few conventional medications and they’re just not very good.  Cannabis, on the other hand, is quite effective.  In these situations, cannabis is simply the best available option."

Anxiety/PTSD (not used for depression in NJ): Microdosing is our recommendation.

"excess cannabis can actually worsen both anxiety and depression. 

Both dose and timing are important for getting good results with mental health issues.  In short, low doses given typically around bed time are best."

Insomnia: Reiterate the importance is dosing. "Early studies of cannabis and sleep actually looked quite concerning as cannabis can suppress REM sleep.  REM is where you dream and is actually necessary for survival.  However, it has turned out that this suppression is a dose effect"

Pain: The pain does not decrease, the awareness of pain changes, as well as improved sleep.

"that cannabis doesn’t seem to actually make the pain “go away” the way ibuprofen might make a headache disappear.  Cannabis, rather, seems to disconnect the pain (perception) from the suffering (emotional reaction).  So you still feel the pain, but it’s no longer so bothersome.  It’s really remarkably effective. "

Libido & Women - not used for this purpose medically in NJ: "cannabis leads to approximately 40% improvement.  In women who identify difficulty achieving orgasm with a partner, approximately 30% will improve with cannabis and 78% will have more frequent orgasms."