Cannabis Therapeutics in HIV/AIDS

ISBN-13: 9780789016997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 244 str.

Ethan Russo

Opis

Cannabis Therapeutics in HIV/AIDS provides a scientific view of the benefits of marijuana in helping to increase appetite, ease the symptoms of HIV/AIDS, and improve quality of life for patients. Dr. Ethan Russo, editor of the Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics, has assembled a collection of first-rate information from clinicians, researchers, and patients. Based on scientific research, this book offers insights into how using cannabis has helped patients deal with the symptoms of HIV/AIDS. This informative book contains: a broad medical overview of the pertinent topics of interest with respect to AIDS and its treatment; an insider's view on the twenty-year history of the discovery of AIDS and its junction with cannabis and the medical marijuana political movement; survey studies of clinical cannabis usage from different populations in California; a state-of-the-art review of immunological issues in cannabis usage and pulmonary issues with smoked cannabis; data on the method of cannabis vaporization; information on standardized sublingual whole-cannabis extracts, rectal suppositories, and aerosol preparations.

Spis treści

Contents

• Editorial Introduction: Cannabis, HIV/AIDS, Plus, a Modest Proposal
• Therapeutic Cannabis (Marijuana) as an Antiemetic and Appetite Stimulant in Persons with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Medical Marijuana and the AIDS Crisis
• Marijuana Use in HIV-Positive and AIDS Patients: Results of an Anonymous Mail Survey
• Differential Effects of Medical Marijuana Based on Strain and Route of Administration: A Three-Year Observational Study
• Marijuana and Cannabinoids: Effects on Infections, Immunity, and AIDS
• Effects of Smoked Marijuana on the Lung and Its Immune Defense: Implications for Medicinal Use in HIV-Infected Patients
• Cannabis and Cannabis Extracts: Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts?
• Harm Reduction Associated with Inhalation and Oral Administration of Cannabis and THC
• Cannabis “Vaporization”: A Promising Strategy for Smoke Harm Reduction
• Analgesic and Reinforcing Properties of D9-THC-Hemisuccinate in Adjuvant-Arthritic Rats
• Prospects for New Cannabis-Based Prescription Medicines
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Ethan B Russo