Maybe the glaucoma doctors are all comatose - why else would they ignore the only treatment that actually works to lower intra-ocular pressure [IOP]?
Cannibus does. It has been un-equivocably measured, it is now documented too. The only problem is that the IOP is lowered for 3 hours after smoking cannibus, so people who have this problem would need to be high all day [its not for everyone, eh]. There is however, other forms of cannibus that will do the job but not get you so high, like Marinol. Also, some patients would gladly be stoned if it meant not losing their eyesight - and to some that is a double bonus , especially if they can function well while high on pot.
Mainstream medicine is doing this with anything that cannot be patented. No matter how effective, they refuse to use any treatments that are "from nature", and therefore cannot be patented, and therefore will not return the high profits of synthetic substances.
To me, this is a solid reason to keep private interests OUT OF MEDICINE. No more "medical industry", just medical care. The profit factor has corrupted medical practise, and people are suffering and dying as a result - it is a crime against humanity.
We would be healthier, wealthier, and wiser if we took the "private" out of health care altogether.
Links -
Marijuana and Glaucoma - the scientific foundation underlying the marijuana-glaucoma controversy:
http://www.marijuananews.com/marijuananews/cowan/archives_of_ophthalmology_editor.htm
The problem of Glaucoma - IOP is primary risk factor!
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/06/22/glaucoma.html
Nurses for pot for IOP Glaucoma -
http://www.ncnurses.org/Position_Cannabis_Theraputic.html
Cannibus does. It has been un-equivocably measured, it is now documented too. The only problem is that the IOP is lowered for 3 hours after smoking cannibus, so people who have this problem would need to be high all day [its not for everyone, eh]. There is however, other forms of cannibus that will do the job but not get you so high, like Marinol. Also, some patients would gladly be stoned if it meant not losing their eyesight - and to some that is a double bonus , especially if they can function well while high on pot.
Mainstream medicine is doing this with anything that cannot be patented. No matter how effective, they refuse to use any treatments that are "from nature", and therefore cannot be patented, and therefore will not return the high profits of synthetic substances.
To me, this is a solid reason to keep private interests OUT OF MEDICINE. No more "medical industry", just medical care. The profit factor has corrupted medical practise, and people are suffering and dying as a result - it is a crime against humanity.
We would be healthier, wealthier, and wiser if we took the "private" out of health care altogether.
Links -
Marijuana and Glaucoma - the scientific foundation underlying the marijuana-glaucoma controversy:
http://www.marijuananews.com/marijuananews/cowan/archives_of_ophthalmology_editor.htm
The problem of Glaucoma - IOP is primary risk factor!
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/06/22/glaucoma.html
Nurses for pot for IOP Glaucoma -
http://www.ncnurses.org/Position_Cannabis_Theraputic.html