CANNABIS OIL & CHEMO?

Thank you for your replies. I live in Scotland so i dont know where i would even start to be able to get THC oil. I need it more urgently than beng able to start growing my own! CBD oil is now legal here but there sint a pint in getting that if it wont be in the least bit effective?

Scott,

For cancer or any other critical illness you need (1) find a reputable dispensary or cannabis maker (2) what I mean by reputable is the product needs to be accompanied by lab results which clearly outines the % of CBD, % THC, % CBDA,% THCA, a% of other terpenes of the plant AS WELL AS the potency (anything below 60% is not worth it) (3) For Cancer you need the whole plant extract (google entourage effect) not just one isolated cannabidiol molecule whehter it is CBD or THC, it MUST be the whole plant. For instance, my dog and I use a high CBD oil which is 20:1 (meaning 20 parts CBD to 1 THC). For cancer, the best ratio out there is 1:1 meaning 1 part CBD and 1 part THC.

If you live in a state where you can get a medical card, please do so. Also search for cannabis doctors that can best guide you with dosing and ratios. I can give you two names of two that work out of California but they can do phone consults worldwide (note: by law they cannot sell you cannabis or give a medical card but they can sure guide you where to get them) one is Dr. Allan Frankel out of Santa Monica Los Angeles CA and the other one is Calla Spring Wellness out of San Francisco both are experts in dealing with cancer diagnosis. Just for your own education google Zelda Theraupeutics Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial so you can read how cannabis researchers have paired up with oncologist in clinical trials abroad (Australia) and recently they have made progress in the area of breast, brain, and pancreatic cancer.

I hope this helps.

Wow. $1200/3 grams?  $400 a gram?  Wow.  I’m getting it for my MIL from a neighbor that’s a caregiver at $30/gram. And this is the high THC strain, not the CBD stuff you can buy online.  We just bought a second 30 gram dosage that should last a few months for $800.

Right now my MIL is on a 3 month break from the first 6 months of being on gem/cis chemo.  She had a bought of the flu so she didn’t take the cannibis oil capsules for a couple weeks. She’s going to have another cat scan at the end of February to see what has happened in the last 3 months, then determine if there’s a next phase of treatment.   So far, the results are fantastic, but we will see in a month.  One thing to mention, people talk about taking cannabis for pain and inflammation, or to help with the side effects of chemo. There’s two types of cannabis and it depends on the strain the oil is made from. The most common you hear of it the CBD oil. That’s for pain, nausea, etc. You shouldn’t feel the psychotropic effects from that. That’s the type that most doctors will tell you are fine and you can take it.  The other strain is from the sativa strains of the plants. That’s the one Rick Simpson made famous. It’s very high THC. It won’t help with pain or nausea, but many have reported that it cures the cancer. That’s the one that doctors say are rubbish, there’s no such thing, blah, blah.  Well what do you expect them to say?  Do you have any clue how much money is made treating cancer in the US?  There will never be a cure for cancer made by a pharmaceutical company. They aren’t in the business to cure one of the most profitable diseases in the world.  Have you read about how numerous doctors that have been using cannabis to cure cancers, and are starting to publish papers have ended up dead in the past year? Google how many holistic doctors have died of “suspicious” circumstances.  In the case of my MIL, she is taking the high THC, sativa strain. It give some psychotropic effects but she takes it at night and sleeps it off.  Her inoperable, incurable cancer that she had only 8 months to live, is now in month 10.  75% of it has mysteriously disappeared. The doctors hoped to just stop it from getting any worse, and have no explanation as to why it’s getting better.  In total, the 8 months of cannabis cost about $1500.  So even if it didn’t work, it’s not like we were out a bunch of money.   Now that I said this, if I end up “mysteriously” dying tomorrow, you’ll know why!  Good luck!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by taylorjm.

Thanks for the question, as this is the same one I have.

To briefly share the story, even though I have multiple posts.  Mom was inoperable and we decided on no treatment, only palliative care.  This is going over a year after diagnosis, but found out with research that she has had this awful tumor for about four years not, obviously getting worse.  The worst part was those stent exchanges!  Anyway, long story short, last recommendation was hospice.  She was prescribed Norco and Dilaudid for different levels of pain, Dilaudid when it’s unbearable.  Atarax for jaundice itching, which isn’t as effective anymore so relies on Norco.  Now since in obvious circumstances there is nothing to lose, I will check into cannabis for pain management.  This is something so difficult to even convince her to use.  Once she tries it, I will share. Seriously, if someone is recommended at hospice what can one lose? Either it works or doesn’t and that’s it!  This has been an endless challenge, and more power to everyone who is fighting this illness.  I really have to thank everyone, patient and caretaker who tries hard to help.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by positivity.

My MIL has been taking a low dose of cannabis oil, the high THC simpson type, for the past 6 months. She’s apprehensive about it and only takes it once at night. She’s finally up to .5g a night, I would like her to take 1g eveyr 24 hours but not sure we will get there.  After 6 months of it and just getting a pet scan, her condition has improved dramatically. She was on chemo, gem/cis but has been missing alot in the past couple months because of her bloodwork not bouncing back.  One 3cm tumor and several small tumors in her liver completely disappeared and the larger 7cm tumor is down 50% in size. They gave her 8 months to live with chemo. She’s in month 7.  Needless to say we were surprised. Was it the cannabis?  Was it the chemo? Who knows?  She’s a believer now because the doctor had no explanation as to why the cancer is disappearing.  He was hoping to just stop it from growing and buying her some time. We have another appointment tomorrow to discuss the next course of treatment, but I can tell you right now, she’s going to continue the cannabis oil.  Oh, and to add to it, she had a cat scan about 3 months ago, and it showed the tumors were all the same size as when treatment started. So in the last 3 months, everything disappeared, and that’s when her chemo treatments were few and far between, but we really increased her cannabis intake.

My mother in law is taking cannibis oil with chemo. She’s taking the simpson type that is high thc low cbd. She just started and we put it in capsules with coconut oil for her to take. She’s only taking it at night right now and gets a slight buzz during the night, but is fine by morning. Once the buzz feeling goes away, she may see about taking another capsule during the day. Right now she’s at a very very low dose. 1/50th of a gram per capsule. She needs to work up to 1g per day. She’s not taking it for pain or nausea though, she isn’t having any of that with her chemo, she’s taking it with hopes it will help knock out some of the cancer.