If the doses of cannabis required to cure alzheimers would be high enough doses to destroy the rest of one's brain, it makes this finding not very useful, similar to the idea of curing alzheimers by destroying one's brain/

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Spivak 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Synthetic cannaboids were also studied as a possible analgesic and at the doses required it caused brain damage. Which is honestly disappointing because a general purpose pain killer that isn't opioid based would be a miracle.

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johnisgood 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

What are your issues with opioid-based painkillers?

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laserdancepony 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We have dozens of pain killers which are not opioid based, what do you mean? From the top of my head NSAIDs can be used, and Metamizole for example is as effective as morphium.

	▲	Muvasa 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		you got nsaids, metamizole, acetoaminophen, duolexitine. And you got a couple of more that work for neuropathic pain. The biggest problem with nsaids is that they cause bleeding and kidney failure, ulcers hence can cause stomach cancer. Here is a site you can use too see how most pharmaco therapy is lacking. https://pain-calculator.com/calculators/osteoarthritis-pain/
	▲	hermanzegerman 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Metamizol is banned in the US, so they've robbed themselves of that