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Hello David- thank you for your video and links and this article. I am a Multiple Myeloma patient (myeloma remission) and have been successful in killing the Monoclonal protein within 4.5 months with medical
Continue readingCannabinoids as myeloma therapy? I, along with scores of fellow MM patients and survivors have been trying to answer that question for years now. Because medical marijuana aka cannabinoids is a controversial
Continue readingCan medical marijuana or C-B-D help speech disorders? When I began researching and writing about cannabis as an evidence-based therapy for cancer patients, I began coming across articles about cannabis
Continue readingCannabis use disorder (CUD) is a danger for the cancer patient. I say this because the top study linked and excerpted below cites chronic pain as a possible driver in CUD. And many cancer survivors live
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is one of the most difficult short-term side effects resulting from undergoing all types of chemo regimens. Difficult by making the patient feel awful. Difficult
Continue reading“According to a study by the American Association for Cancer Research conducted in 2011, it was found that CBD inhibited the survival of estrogen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor-negative
Continue readingCBD is not a silver bullet that can reduce the inflammation, pain, anxiety and sleep challenges that I face daily. But it is one of several evidence-based, non-conventional therapies that I take daily
Continue reading“We observed that curcumin cell death induction was heterogeneous, of note 16 Human Myeloma Cell Lines were highly sensitive to curcumin…” Curcumin (Cu) is one of the best examples I
Continue reading“Researchers also found that sequential use of an initial dose of chemotherapy first and then cannabinoids significantly improved overall results against the blood cancer (MM) cells.” Hi David-
Continue readingHi David- I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM) in February 2020, right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. I was stage 3 and it was aggressive myeloma! A year prior I had started having issues
Continue readingAccording to research, the administration of the non-psychotropic component cannabidiol (CBD) significantly helps heal bone fractures..” Hi David- I was just diagnosed with myeloma stage 3 in Aug.
Continue readingThese results showed that Cannabidiol (C-B-D) by itself or in synergy with BORT strongly inhibited growth, arrested cell cycle progression and induced MM cells death… Is C-B-D useful for multiple
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