“Medical cannabis, if you think about it, it’s the only botanical medicine that can help nausea, increase appetite, decrease pain, and elevate mood,” says Dr. Junella Chin, a integrative cannabis physician in New York. A lot of people who are undergoing chemotherapy as part of their cancer treatment and live in a state where medical marijuana is available are using it for relief. Dr. Chin says that people come to her seeking relief for all types of chemo-related ailments, such as neasea, decreased appetite, pain, insomnia, or depression.
Some physicians will prescribe Marinol, or synthetic cannabis, to treat these side effects. But Dr. Chin says using the actual cannabis plant is simply more helpful. “That is much more effective in increasing appetite and decreasing pain for my cancer patients,” Dr. Chin says.
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