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February 10, 2014
A recent study reveals that cannabis taken orally in the form of what is called hemp oil can be an effective treatment for Leukemia and possibly other cancers. The case study examines a teenage female who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a Philadelphia chromosome mutation. This mutation accounts for a much more aggressive case of Leukemia.
The patient underwent standard treatments of acute and aggressive chemotherapy as well as bone marrow transplants. It was found that none of these treatments were effective which led the family to explore alternatives. The alternative they chose was to treat with cannabinoids administered orally in the form of hemp oil.
Toronto doctors Yadvinder Singh, MD and Chamandeep Bali, ND detailed the case and treatment procedure in great depth -which should be read HERE for best analysis of the case.
In short, the patients condition drastically improved in terms of her blast cell counts, which are immature cells within the bone marrow that dont end up maturing. This leads to problems with blood cell counts and results in various types of blood cancers like Leukemia. Although the patient ended up passing away, it was due to the standard treatment method of chemotherapy which had devastating effects on the patient. {my emphasis}
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tridim
(45,358 posts)Hemp oil is derived from hemp seed, Cannabis oil is derived from Cannabis resin glands.
wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)The problem is the "hemp" part.
I'm worried people are going to start claiming that "hemp oil" cures cancer and say, "see, we told you so" when it doesn't. Hemp oil is a healthy oil, it is very good for you, but it's not the same as Cannabinoid-based medicine.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)Marijuana is hemp; only the THC factor has been altered.
tridim
(45,358 posts)One is bred for medicine, one is bred for fiber, seeds and oil.
Marijuana is not "hemp" by definition. Hemp is hemp. Both are Cannabis.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)Wake me when they have something statistically significant, I'm afraid.
wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)they don't want you to know about it.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...if you're waiting for that and you're sick right now. The government whores don't want this because Big Pharma doesn't want it. That's why they made it illegal to begin with. They've known about cannabis' curative powers for centuries. But you should know this since it was a British Army Doctor who wrote the book on the use of cannabis! But the reality is that Americans are the worst educated people of any so-called 'developed'' country on this planet. And everyone else mainly falls into line with what we say everyone should do.
- Unfortunately I'm fighting Bladder Cancer and Peripheral Neuropathy NOW (it's working, btw). You can wait if you want to.
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Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)He's taken part in a couple of aggressive treatments of "Black Oil" (that's what they're actually calling it inside the industry).
The make a large syringe of it (about 60 grams worth) and the patient is to consume as much as possible a day up to a gram. The course generally takes 90 days.
The last one had stage 4 cancer.
Let me put it this way....the womans doctor called him to ask him what he gave her because he was so stunned by the results.
They are about to begin a 90 day cycle with one of these womans relatives now.
Listen, my friend never believed it would do anything for the patient but make her comfortable for the remainder of her life. He had never treated anyone with the Black Oil and was skeptical. He's just a skeptical guy.
The results that occurred in this woman...hell...he was so freaked out, he told me and the wife behind closed doors and asked us not to tell anyone.
But I'm here to tell you...after 90 days...that womans cancer was completely gone. Heck, I even feel like a loon for saying it.
There are quite a few stores inside the industry of this (I own a hydroponics store). There are a lot of down to earth, intelligent caregivers that have experienced the same, and don't want to speak out for fear of being called a loon.
I'm very interested in how the treatment for this ladies relative goes. My caregiver friend stopped in the other day after picking up some Black Oil extraction for the relative.
But we already know that mild doses of cannabis inhibit tumor growth. This we know for fact. The Black Oil treatment is an ungodly amount of THC and CBD in your system. Apparently the patient barely knows who they are for the course of the treatment.
It's going to be very interesting to see what happens. Because these reports are starting to pop up from other respected people inside the industry as well.
Of course, for most people, there are no "respected" people inside this industry, so they get almost no credence.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)I can find any number of reports of cures just as miraculous attributed to anything from homeopathy to the power of prayer.
For evidence to mean anything, you need a large amount of rigorously collected data, not just anecdotes and personal experience.
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)It should be taken with a grain of salt.
And it'll be a decade before the have "rigorously collected data".
We do know now, however, that cannabis inhibits the growth of cancerous tumors. That is no longer anecdotal.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
There is no testing as of yet on what large doses Black Oil does to cancer.
But seeing as we now know that, at the very least, it inhibits the growth of tumors, it should not be shocking to anyone if science comes out in the next decade and states, after rigorous testing, that it does indeed cure cancer.
Perhaps people that don't WANT to hear the facts about cannabis inhibiting tumor growth may be shocked.
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)why do you keep saying you're "afraid"? What is that you're afraid of?
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)that smoking cannabis will lead to lung cancer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)...is that there are more than enough cases, and more coming out everyday, that research on cannabis needs to see it's funding increased exponentially.
The good news is that the legal market here in CO and WA is now making enough money that they may have to do what the government seems to refuse to do...and that's put boatloads of money into R&D.
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)If you had read the link in the opening post...you'd see that the article is referring to real research.
I get the feeling you didn't look at it. So here's the link so you can:
http://karger.com/Article/FullText/356446#AC
I particularly like this comment from that research article:
"The results shown here cannot be attributed to the phenomenon of spontaneous remission' because a dose response curve was achieved."
Real science.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- It's how I've lasted so long here at DU......