Already exists. Called Marinol. Here's the product info:
Product Information
MARINOL® is a unique prescription medicine that relieves multiple symptoms. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved MARINOL® to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional treatments.
The FDA also approved MARINOL® to treat appetite loss associated with weight loss in people with AIDS. Health care professionals may prescribe MARINOL® to help stimulate an HIV/AIDS patient’s appetite so he or she will want to eat again.
MARINOL® is a synthetic version of a naturally occurring compound known as delta-9-THC. Delta-9-THC stimulates appetite and reduces nausea and vomiting by binding to special receptors found in the nervous system.
MARINOL® is contraindicated in any patient who has a history of hypersensitivity to any cannabinoid or sesame oil.
Patients should be warned not to drive, operate machinery, or engage in hazardous activity until they establish they can tolerate MARINOL® and perform such tasks safely.
A cannabinoid dose-related “high” (easy laughing, elation and heightened awareness) has been reported by patients receiving MARINOL® in both the antiemetic (24%) and the lower dose appetite stimulant clinical trials (8%). Other frequently reported adverse events in MARINOL® clinical trials included abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, euphoria, paranoid reaction, somnolence, and thinking abnormal.
So if they have Marinol, and Marinol is ok, why is Marijuana not ok? Oh wait, I forgot. The drug companies can't make a fortune (and therefore taxes from the drug companies) off of something that can be grown for free.
"clinical trials included abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, euphoria, paranoid reaction, somnolence, and thinking abnormal. "
Just what a sick person needs is for the nausea medication makes them vomit. Yeah, I hear it does not work as well as other methods such as smoking it.
Would a dr. need to get 'special permission' from ?whomever? to perscribe this for a nonHIV/AIDS patient?