{"componentChunkName":"component---common-build-question-tags-template-js","path":"/question-tag/strain/21","result":{"data":{"allQuestion":{"edges":[{"node":{"id":"Question_10569-markdown","title":"After discovering that THCV and CBN are helpful for osteoporosis, appetite suppression and PTSD, I now seek strains.","slug":"after-discovering-that-thcv-and-cbn-are-helpful-for-osteoporosis-appetite-suppression-and-ptsd-i-now-seek-strains","content":"\"Can you point me in a direction to find landrace strains, such as Durban Poison and Willie Nelson, which don't seem to be readily available? (tried Leafly and googling to no avail) I'm currently vaping and using tinctures and edibles for sleep but would love to find a strain for the osteoporosis and to decrease the munchies. Thanks for any help you can offer.\"\n_____________________\nActually, cannabis does help to preserve the bones but osteoporosis can only be reversed if you have the building blocks to make new bones. If you are over 60 years old, you may need to add as spray in the mouth that supports the body's ability to make its own human growth hormone to stimulate new bone production but again you still need the building blocks. For new bones you must have an adequate blood level of vitamin D3. It is almost impossible to obtain enough Vitamin D from the sun because the skin will rapidly age and skin cancers may result from excessive exposure. Take your vitamin D3 because it is a hormone, not a vitamin and it is necessary to put the calcium in your diet into the bones where it belongs. If you do dairy products and do you eat meat, you are getting too much phosphorus and you will further deteriorate your bones. The best dietary calcium to build bones is obtained in seaweed and dark leafy greens and a diet that minimizes meat, sugar and caffeine. When you exercise it stimulates the bones to become more solid so in essence you're telling your body exactly where you want the calcium to be placed provided you have adequate vitamin D3. I also discourage patients from smoking their medicine, when we want exact amounts given for tissue repair, I suggest you take a tincture for more accuracy. Good luck in your search for the exact right bud to help your bones also.\n\ndrolson","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_10568-markdown","title":"Why are there so many cannabis strains?  Are they really all that different?  I mean, c'mon over 1500 strains?","slug":"why-are-there-so-many-cannabis-strains-are-they-really-all-that-different-i-mean-cmon-over-1500-strains","content":"\"What happened to just having to choose between indica and sativa?\"\n_____________________\nWhen I first became involved in the cannabis industry, I too was skeptical about all the different strains, and whether they really made a difference to how people feel.\n\nHelloMD did some research and we found that overwhelmingly, people find that different strains do in fact affect them differently (with over 1400 people responding). Whether all the information about the actual feeling they create is accurate or consistent from one person to another is very much up for debate. \n\nIf you are interested, here is a link to the actual survey responses we received. It makes for interesting reading: \n\nhttps://www.hellomd.com/strains\n\nmark\n_____________________\nIt's true that there is some over-emphasis placed on the specifics of strain names and such. A good bit of it is purely branding. Names like \"grand-daddy purple\" and \"sour diesel\" are going to sell very well simply due to their ubiquity. However, it's worth noting that different strains are going to have entirely different ratios of the various cannabinoids, which means they will affect different people differently. In addition, the terpenes that give strains their specific smells and tastes also play an important role in their medical effects. Plenty of research supports this. As such, even two indica strains can have entirely different effects from one another. For most situations, indica and sativa are the major distinguishing points, and strains relate more to personal preferences. But the differences between specific strains should not be discounted. In the future, I hope that there will be more scientific study of the effects of different cannabinoid ratios on the human body and nervous system, but till then, strain names are a useful tool.\n\nmuchfuzz","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_10560-markdown","title":"Are there any strains known to be effective in reducing withdrawal symptoms...when trying to reduce opioid intake?","slug":"are-there-any-strains-known-to-be-effective-in-reducing-withdrawal-symptoms-when-trying-to-reduce-opioid-intake","content":"\n_____________________\nThia questions relates to a previous question relating to cannabis helping decrease vicodin use. Part of the answer is this:\n\nCannabis has had more and more positive feedback in people trying to cut down or eliminate their opioid use. Every day in the United States about 44 people die as result of opioid overdoses. There has never been a reported death from cannabis use. Donald Abrams, MD, a professor of medicine at University of California, San Francisco, has studied the effects of medical marijuana on pain since the mid-1990s. In 2011, he published a small study of 21 patients that found that the addition of marijuana to a twice-daily opioid regimen led to a 25 percent reduction in pain. It suggests cannabis could allow pain patients to lower their opioid dosage and still get pain relief.\n\nIt seems that patients can get short term pain relief from cannabis that contains only 1.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC), the ingredient that gives marijuana its psychotropic effects. Pot used for recreational purposes has 6 to 12 percent THC, but can go as high as 20 percent. A higher concentration of cannabidiol (CBD) mixed with a little THC seems to be the best bet for decreasing opioid use. There is one called “20:1,” named for its ratio of CBD to THC. A 1:1 THC/CBD ratio might be best if the pain is effecting your sleep as well.\n\nThe fastest way to obtain relief is by smoking or vaping the cannabis product. Tinctures or capsules are effective as well as using an edible that can last the longest.\n\nPerry Solomon, MD\n_____________________\nSymptoms of opioids withdrawal include nausea , muscle cramps, anxiety, depression, agitation, opioids cravings ( https://americanaddictioncenters.org/withdrawal-timelines-treatments/opiate )\n Although there are a number of opioid replacement therapies and maintenance medications to help ease the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms and aid in relapse prevention; however,  these medications are not risk free nor are they successful for all patients.  Cannabis has a good potential to help with these symptoms with no or minimal side effects .   The endocannabinoid and opioidergic systems interact in many different ways. CB1 receptors and mu opioid receptors  are distributed in many of the same areas in the brain, and they have cross-sensitization of their pharmacology (Wiese & Wilson-Poe).   CB1 agonists readily alleviate somatic withdrawal symptoms such as escape jumps, diarrhea, weight loss, and paw tremors, and  reduce the rewarding properties of opioids and prevents reinstatement of drug seeking  (Wiese & Wilson-Poe).\nSo, how in practice Cannabis can be use to help with the symptoms. CBD dominant oral product (oil) can promote long lasting \"plateaou\" effect, while inhaling medical cannabis with higher concentration of THC 1:1 ratio need to be used with crawing and breakthrough symptoms. \n Wiese, B., & Wilson-Poe, A. R. (2018). Emerging Evidence for Cannabis' Role in Opioid Use Disorder. Cannabis and cannabinoid research, 3(1), 179–189. doi:10.1089/can.2018.0022 \n\nkrabell14","image":null}}]}},"pageContext":{"limit":12,"skip":240,"numPages":21,"currentPage":21,"id":5783,"name":"Strain","slug":"strain","country":"US"}},"staticQueryHashes":["3949754563","4179947113","4202924991"]}