Medical Marijuana and Multiple Sclerosis

March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. During this month, we’d like to take the time to discuss the benefits of medical marijuana and multiple sclerosis (MS). If you are someone living with MS and are interested in learning more about how New Jersey Alternative Health’s medical marijuana can help you, please contact us today!

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms vary both in type and severity, but typically include pain, spasms, balance issues, tingling, vision problems and more. Research found that cannabis or cannabis based medicinal extracts can significantly reduce the spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis while having very few negative effects on patients.

Marijuana eases the pain of multiple sclerosis, and nerve pain in general. This is an area where few other options exist, and those that do, such as Neurontin, Lyrica, or opiates are highly sedating. Patients claim that marijuana allows them to resume their previous activities without feeling completely out of it and disengaged.

Medical marijuana may help calm your uncontrolled muscle movements or spasms and let you move your arms and legs more freely without feeling so stiff.

MS may make you feel like you need to go to the bathroom more frequently due to an overactive bladder.  Cannabis can ease the spasms that cause your frequent urge to urinate.

Easing your nerves all together, the overall effects of medical cannabis will make you hurt less, which can help you sleep better, improving your quality of life and may put you on the road to healing.

For more information on how to obtain your medical marijuana card in New Jersey, visit us at www.newjerseyalternativehealth.com