Hospice and palliative care – Vitamin D, CBD, and Medical Cannabis

• Vitamin D, CBD, and Medical M all relieve pain
• Vitamin D, CBD may also cure
  Vitamin D, CBD are legal in all 50 US states
• Medical Cannabis is one of the following (unclear as of 2017)
  CBD
  THC + CBD
  THC

Vitamin D

• Vitamin D supplementation to palliative cancer patients: protocol of a double-blind, randomised controlled trial ‘Palliative-D RCT 2020
  4,000 IU/day of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D supplementation to palliative cancer patients shows positive effects on pain and infections—Results from a matched case-control study Aug 2017
  4,000 IU/day of Vitamin D
  
   Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life

CBD

• CBD benefits - review of literature April 2019
• Use of cannabinoids in cancer care: palliative care March 2016
   Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life
• Investigation of Cannabis for Chronic Pain and Palliative Care RCT due 2022
  Compare smoking high vs no CBD 3 times a week
• Cancer: Cannabinoids and CBD Research Overview Feb 2017 Good Overview
• Cannabidiol (CBD) Links to recent research
• Study: Cannabidiol (CBD) May Prevent Degenerative Disc Disease 2015?
• THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM
  "Extensive preclinical research—much of it sponsored by the U.S. government—indicates that CBD has potent anti-tumoral, antioxidant, anti-spasmodic, anti-psychotic, anti-convulsive, and neuroprotective properties. CBD directly activates serotonin receptors, causing an anti-anxiety effect, as well."
• International Cannaboid Research Society
  28th annual conference in 2018
  They publish the Journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Example titles - with free PDFs
  Willingness to Participate in Longitudinal Research Among People with Chronic Pain Who Take Medical Cannabis: A Cross-Sectional Survey
  Translating Endocannabinoid Biology into Clinical Practice: Cannabidiol for Stroke Prevention
  Cannabis Roots: A Traditional Therapy with Future Potential for Treating Inflammation and Pain
  Cannabis as a Substitute for Opioid-Based Pain Medication: Patient Self-Report
  Cannabis and Pain: A Clinical Review
• Consumer Labs Feb 2018
  Cost of 10 mg of CBD ranged from 80 cents to $4.54 Excelent material and review of products - behind a subscription paywall
• Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Clinical Efficacy of Cannabidiol Treatment in Osteoarthritic Dogs July 2018
  Randomized Controlled Trial - owners reported a lot of improvment in 1 month, vets not so much. 4 mg per kg of body weight
   Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life

Medical cannabis

• What ethical considerations should be taken into account when prescribing medical cannabis to terminally ill patients? Can professionals justify such prescriptions?
• Medical marijuana in hospice and palliative care Hospice and Palliative care blog – 2015?
• Medicinal cannabis in palliative care; update from trial leader Nov 2016
• CBD available topically, orally, and as spray - similar to Vitamin D Feb 2018
• Functional Forum: Medical Cannabis: The What, Why and How of a New and Ancient Medicine. - Nov 2017
  Notes by founder of Vitamin D Life

THC + CBD has been approved for MS in Europe
CBD is in finaly stages of being approved by FDA for Epilepsy
Endocannabinoid system in very old - at least 500 million years
All vertebrates have Endocannaboid systems
Cannaboids are found in breast milk
Omega -3 is a Cannaboid precursor
CB1 receptor in the brain and many other tissues
CB1 is the most abundant "g-coupled" receptor in the mammalian brain
CB2 receptors in immune system and many other tissues
Black pepper activates CB2 receptor
UCLA researcher is focusing on reduction of Pain with Cannaboids -
Recent NIH report found that Cannaboid are associated with essentially all human diseases
CBD is especially important for all auto-immune diseases (note: Diabetes is now #3 killer in the US and #1 in Mexico)
CBD greatly reduced auto-immune problems after bone marrow transplant
CBD prescribed to 26,000 chronic pain patients in Israel
Turpins in marijuana might help CBD cross the blood-brain barrier

---

See also Vitamin D Life

• Pain not relieved by monthly 100,000 IU of vitamin D (need 50,000 IU weekly) – RCT Feb 2018
• Quality of Life
• Chronic Pain reported 38 percent less often if supplemented with Vitamin D – meta-analysis Sept 2016
• Off topic – CBD conflict – W.H.O. non addicting, may have medical benefits, DEA US class 1 narcotic – Dec 2017
• Palliative cancer benefit of 4,000 IU of Vitamin D – less opioids, infection, and CRP – Aug 2017
• Chemotherapy might be amplified by vitamin D
• Off topic: Cannabis and disease studies at GreenMedInfo – Dec 2015

Pain - chronic category has the following

137 items in category Chronic pain

See also

• Overview Pain and Vitamin D
• Overview Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue and vitamin D
• Overview Rheumatoid Arthritis and vitamin D
• Shingles and vitamin D
• Shin splints decrease with vitamin D
• Migraine and Vitamin D
• Headache category 63 items
• "musculoskeletal pain" 374 items as of March 2018
• "chronic fatigue" 185 items as of Jan 2017
• Category Back Pain 37 items
• "KNEE PAIN" 121 items as of March 2018