Posted on 09/05/2014 2:14:47 PM PDT by steve86
Extremely low levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active compound in marijuana, may offer a novel and viable treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD), preliminary research suggests.
Investigators at the University of South Florida in Tampa found that THC both decreases the production of amyloid beta (Aβ) and inhibits its aggregation in cell cultures. In addition, it does so at extremely safe doses.
These observations have implications for a potentially new therapeutic approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as researchers suggest.
"Our group believes that amyloid aggregation is the initiator of AD, so we wanted to see if THC can inhibit amyloid beta aggregation in vitro," study investigator Chuanhai Cao, PhD, a neuroscientist at the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, told Medscape Medical News.
"And in our in vitro cell cultures, we discovered that THC inhibits amyloid beta production as well as aggregation at extremely low doses and that it enhances mitochondrial function as well. These observations suggest that THC has anti-Alzheimer's activity."
The study was published online August 27 in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease.
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No no, this stuff makes one stark raving mad, man! Have you not seen that documentary, “Reefer Madness”?!?!?
My very prim and proper aunt who had cancer smoked a little back in the 70's as a way to deal with her chemo...and it helped tremendously.
Do you have Alzheimer’s or are you just stoned? /S
(Note: Joking is separate from any therapeutic value, I hope it’s true, but I couldn’t resist)
The medical marijuana community has been pushing this idea for some time.
Very low level of THC used in this study.
No evidence presented in this study that ordinary use of marijuana has therapeutic effect.
I have a retail store 30 miles away and would not hesitant to purchase and use it for medical effect. Already have a vape “just in case”.
What is an "unsafe" dose?
Because Marijuana has a great reputation for helping memory and mental clarity?
Yes, because, as President Obama said, Marijuana is the safest substance known to man, and only has beneficial effects.
Healthy people don’t have problems with amyloid beta production and the study is not relevant to them.
>>No evidence presented in this study that ordinary use of marijuana has therapeutic effect.
Nobody needs a study for that. Use of it will relax the hell out of you, which can be very therapeutic.
I am old enough to remember that being shown in my grade school in all seriousness.
So, to ward off Alzheimer’s I just have to maintain a mild buzz for the rest of my life. Sounds good to me.
WE are all chemical walking experiments after all.
Who knows what combo of stuff works for who?
Try Try again..
I look forward to home self-healing treatments of the future.
In the mean time, The Moochelle Diet is off the hospital menu.
I guess the Indica-dominant strains do that; the Sativa not so much.
Guess what?
Also:
Taking a shot of Jack Daniels has a therapeutic effect-
Couple of glasses of MD 20/20
A few aspirins
snorting coke- or drinking Coca-Cola
LOL
This is just Rubbish- to please all of the dopers -
(while getting stoned... they think they are curing
themselves of Alzheimer’s!) lol
I’ll have to start dosing my mother and see if it helps.
Why sure! Obama smoked the stuff, and look how well he is running everything now!
Then:
Now:
C’mon don’t you know marijuana is the perfect substance that is a pnacea to all problems. President Obama should sign an executive order making it illegal to insult marijuana in any way.
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