Deans' stroke musings: Parkinson’s Foundation Consensus Statement on the Use of Medical Cannabis for Parkinson’s Disease

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Parkinson’s Foundation Consensus Statement on the Use of Medical Cannabis for Parkinson’s Disease

So they punted on the question.

Parkinson’s Foundation Consensus Statement on the Use of Medical Cannabis for Parkinson’s Disease

Top Takeaways on the Use of Medical Cannabis for PD
With increased availability of medical cannabis in the US, and increased interest in the PD community, the Parkinson’s Foundation wanted to provide a document to guide our community in making informed decisions about using cannabis for PD.
1. Our experts urge caution: there are adverse effects, toxicity issues, and drug to drug interactions, and we don’t fully know what this means for people with PD who are taking PD medications.
2. Given the lack of any clear data supporting the use of cannabis in PD, the Foundation does not endorse their use for PD symptoms or to modify disease progression. However, because we realize that people with PD are interested in trying cannabis products, we are providing guidance for both general safety as well as working with dispensaries.
3. Some studies have suggested cannabis may be beneficial for non-motor symptoms such as sleep disturbances, pain, anxiety, and gastrointestinal issues. However, these studies are generally small, uncontrolled (meaning there is no placebo comparison, which increases the risk of false positive results), and are open label (meaning both the health providers and patients are aware of the drug or treatment being given, which could influence the results). More rigorous research is needed to determine if there is any medical benefit.