A Crohn's patient died in trials of a new drug for Crohn's, Tysabri.
An MS patient died in trial of the same drug.
The drug was found to have the potential to cause a devastating neurological disease, PML.
They pump Crohn's patients full of steroids, and MS patients full of interferons, but heaven forbid that a little marijuana might work for these conditions.
I have MS, and what amazes me is that nobody seems too concerned with the "danger" involved in the interferon I "shoot up" every other day.
But let someone suggest that marijuana might help, and everybody starts talking about the side effects or how dangerous it might be, when in comparison to what is already prescribed for these conditions, marijuana has minimal side effects.
YOU have a GREAT point......plus....ever listen to all the warnings for all the drugs on the ads on TV.....they take longer to tout than the ad for the product itself.....The pharm companies are just trying to stay in the GAME!!!....if ya get my drift!
What does the National MS Society say about smoking marijuana for the symptoms?
I have MS, and what amazes me is that nobody seems too concerned with the "danger" involved in the interferon I "shoot up" every other day.
But let someone suggest that marijuana might help, and everybody starts talking about the side effects or how dangerous it might be, when in comparison to what is already prescribed for these conditions, marijuana has minimal side effects.
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I watched a documentary about a guy in the late stages of MS. He was incapable of walking. He would take an ecstacy tablet and could literally do headstands. I think if any kind of drug relieves pain or helps stop suffering then it should be used.