MJ and Cell regeneration

[LizJah]

Dang!! Never thought I'd see this one...

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns? ... news_rss20

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Yah, LizJah, that's a rarity.  Between red wine for my heart and this Nature's Rejuvenating Vapors for my brain cells, I may get so healthy I can hardly walk  :wink:

Who's gonna tell senorsal that they've caught on to our little Methusaleh secret?

[JRL]

"The results suggest that marijuana, or its derivatives, could actually be good for the brain" Well duh

I like tha part about a high dose twice a day. Maybe we should up it to 4 times a day just to be safe.

[cenacle]

http://www.remedyfind.com/rm-1141-Marijuana.asp

i've been researching health aids for KD's Multiple Sclerosis...she only has minor symptoms now, nothing too bad, but I want to be able to deal when she does have some flare-ups...above link is interesting...

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"The results suggest that marijuana, or its derivatives, could actually be good for the brain" Well duh

I like tha part about a high dose twice a day. Maybe we should up it to 4 times a day just to be safe.

Yeah, everybody knows they figure doses for little people:  any regular sized person has to at least double down...besides, our brain:body ratios are higher than mice.

[dendro]

I wonder why the second study mentioned showed no neuroregenerative effects? Makes you wonder if they gave a less potent or bioactive form of the drug?

[dendro]

this rat can verify the neuroprotective effects of cannabis. it is helping and healing me, something I never could really say with anti-seizure pharms. and the relaxation effects of a small amount of wine several times a week enhances the health promoting effects, imo.

[visionarybear]

dont get all excited too soon, the beneficial chem in this case was a synthetic cannabinoid, not a naturally occuring chem.
thats why the 2nd study showed no effect as it used a natural cannabinoid, the main psychoactive, delta-9-thc...

there is alot of promise in new cannabinoids, lots of exciting finds all the time, the pharma dpt here at uni is quite active in this sorta research atm.

jus a side note, upping 2 4x a day would be more detrimental 2 ya memory that good but thc is neuroprotective to other insults...

Cenny, im sure you come across CBD (cannabidiol), has promise for anti spacticity im MS, and that one is a natural product  folk  
there are a few preperations already on the market so fingers crossed you can get a hold of some where you are cenny...