cannibus/hemp oil

Hello,

I am new to this website, actually I have been reading on here for a while and just decided to join. Anyway, my father is the one with cancer, neuroendocrine and squamish. He is in his second of seven weeks of radiation. Hes had one three day cycle of chemo and will have another in three weeks. He's having every side effect possible and is just miserable.
Anyway, back to my question. Ive been watching documentaries all morning about how cannibus and/or hemp oil is curing even people with terminal cancer. Has anyone tried this or heard anything about this topic?
Any information would be helpful. I havent told my dad about this yet and I know he will think im crazy, but ive got some very good information on this topic already.
Thanks in Advance,
Victoria
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  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    I have not heard that
    I have not heard that cannabis (or hemp oil) cures cancer, and would be curious to know where you got that information except that I'm afraid to ask. I DO know that the active ingredient in cannabis (THC) has long been known to alleviate pain associated with nausea and even to promote appetite (my mom was provided THC pills in the early 90s in Texas of all places, while dealing with ovarian cancer and, ultimately, a metastasis of breast cancer to her brain), but that's as far as it goes, as far as I know.

    Best wishes to your dad.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • Victoria_11
    Victoria_11 Member Posts: 2

    I have not heard that
    I have not heard that cannabis (or hemp oil) cures cancer, and would be curious to know where you got that information except that I'm afraid to ask. I DO know that the active ingredient in cannabis (THC) has long been known to alleviate pain associated with nausea and even to promote appetite (my mom was provided THC pills in the early 90s in Texas of all places, while dealing with ovarian cancer and, ultimately, a metastasis of breast cancer to her brain), but that's as far as it goes, as far as I know.

    Best wishes to your dad.

    Take care,

    Joe

    curious
    I'm curious to know why you'd be afraid to ask where I've heard that?
    There is a 2010 documentary called can Cannibus cure cancer
    And from there I just started Googling the topic.
    Just curious to know more about this. I know medical marijuana can
    Be prescribed for nausia and loss of appetite. However,
    I'm wondering if there is anyone here who can actually
    say this helped them
  • palmyrafan
    palmyrafan Member Posts: 396
    Cannabis / Hemp Oil
    I haven't heard of it, but I would assume that if it could cure cancer, we all would have heard of it by now. One of the pharmaceutical companies (or all of them) would have been vying for the rights to make and market the "cure".

    Now, does that it mean it doesn't help? I don't know that. I am not a doctor nor a pharmacist. I would suggest doing a lot of research on the subject and remember to always be a bit skeptical about everything you read, regardless of what publication it is listed in.

    Best of luck to you and your father.

    Tereas
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    Cannabis / Hemp Oil Cures Cancer - Google Search
    Not to cast any ill feelings over your post or concerns. I can truly understand why you are investigating.

    But I did as you said and did a Google search on Cannabis / Hemp Oil Cures Cancer

    The first two pages that came up were primarily marijuana advocate websites. There was not one medical organization, nor website depicting a legitimate documentary theme.

    I'm not saying there isn't some study or research going on. I'm also aware of the typical medical uses for pharmaceutical (or not) grade marijuana concerning glaucoma, pain relief, etc...

    I just would be very cautious with something as serious as cancer treatment and unconventional treatments....But that's just me...

    I know you are just fact finding and asking questions, so please don't feel that I'm chastizing you for that and please continue to ask questions and post.

    Best,
    John
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    Skiffin16 said:

    Cannabis / Hemp Oil Cures Cancer - Google Search
    Not to cast any ill feelings over your post or concerns. I can truly understand why you are investigating.

    But I did as you said and did a Google search on Cannabis / Hemp Oil Cures Cancer

    The first two pages that came up were primarily marijuana advocate websites. There was not one medical organization, nor website depicting a legitimate documentary theme.

    I'm not saying there isn't some study or research going on. I'm also aware of the typical medical uses for pharmaceutical (or not) grade marijuana concerning glaucoma, pain relief, etc...

    I just would be very cautious with something as serious as cancer treatment and unconventional treatments....But that's just me...

    I know you are just fact finding and asking questions, so please don't feel that I'm chastizing you for that and please continue to ask questions and post.

    Best,
    John

    Hi Victoria
    I have heard of the hemp oil treatment but don’t know anyone who has used just it to cure cancer. Hemp oil does have some benefits to help the body like a lot of other things on the market today, remember everyone is trying to make money from people with cancer. I would suggest if you want to use hemp oil do it only after your Dad has finished all his treatment and gets a clean from his doctor. Like I said it does have some benefits in helping the body.

    All the best to you both
    Hondo
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    Hondo said:

    Hi Victoria
    I have heard of the hemp oil treatment but don’t know anyone who has used just it to cure cancer. Hemp oil does have some benefits to help the body like a lot of other things on the market today, remember everyone is trying to make money from people with cancer. I would suggest if you want to use hemp oil do it only after your Dad has finished all his treatment and gets a clean from his doctor. Like I said it does have some benefits in helping the body.

    All the best to you both
    Hondo

    I have no problem with cannabis...
    But ive only seen that type of claim on pro-cannabis sites as well. I don't buy it.
  • connieprice1
    connieprice1 Member Posts: 300 Member
    Marijuana & Hemp Oil
    Hi Victoria, I would like more specific information about the documentaries about the benefits also if you have done research on the web maybe post a couple of websites. I know marijuana does stimulate appetite and helps with nausea. I smoked it when I was younger for recreation and continued to smoke it later for relaxation. Willy Nelson told Larry King he vaporizes it to avoid smoking. I don't think anyone has ever overdosed on marijuana and it has been around since the beginning of time. Marijuana is legal with prescription in California and Colorado and some cancer patients have used it for nausea and appetite. I don't know anything about hemp oil but it comes from the same herb. I doubt your dad would smoke it but he might vaporize it and it also comes in pill form called marinol. I hope your dad gets to feeling better, my wife uses Zophran for nausea and it works well. When you mention a cure for cancer it causes a lot of skepticism because the cure for your dad hopefully will be radiation & chemotherapy. If your dad wanted to try marijuana to cope with the side effects of treatment I don't think anyone here would knock it as long as he continues conventional treatment. Any snake oil cures are dangerous because they may mislead someone to go down the wrong path of treatment. I know you are just trying to help your dad get better so their is no damage done researching anything. Good Luck, Homer
  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member

    Marijuana & Hemp Oil
    Hi Victoria, I would like more specific information about the documentaries about the benefits also if you have done research on the web maybe post a couple of websites. I know marijuana does stimulate appetite and helps with nausea. I smoked it when I was younger for recreation and continued to smoke it later for relaxation. Willy Nelson told Larry King he vaporizes it to avoid smoking. I don't think anyone has ever overdosed on marijuana and it has been around since the beginning of time. Marijuana is legal with prescription in California and Colorado and some cancer patients have used it for nausea and appetite. I don't know anything about hemp oil but it comes from the same herb. I doubt your dad would smoke it but he might vaporize it and it also comes in pill form called marinol. I hope your dad gets to feeling better, my wife uses Zophran for nausea and it works well. When you mention a cure for cancer it causes a lot of skepticism because the cure for your dad hopefully will be radiation & chemotherapy. If your dad wanted to try marijuana to cope with the side effects of treatment I don't think anyone here would knock it as long as he continues conventional treatment. Any snake oil cures are dangerous because they may mislead someone to go down the wrong path of treatment. I know you are just trying to help your dad get better so their is no damage done researching anything. Good Luck, Homer

    On Marijuana web sites
    The argument begins with does smoking it cause lung cancer and that link hasn't been made yet. The link has been well documented for cigarette smoking. From here you naturally have to ask why smoking pot hasn't been linked to lung cancer? There are of course multiple variables. Then the reasonnning started looking for, "Are there any chemicals in pot, over 467 ??????? different than cigarette smoke. Those tests would probably take an eternity. It's documented that marijuana has a place in cancer side effect treatment but the jury is still out on its curing qualities. Not smoked, in pill or vapor form it can't do much harm.
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    ratface said:

    On Marijuana web sites
    The argument begins with does smoking it cause lung cancer and that link hasn't been made yet. The link has been well documented for cigarette smoking. From here you naturally have to ask why smoking pot hasn't been linked to lung cancer? There are of course multiple variables. Then the reasonnning started looking for, "Are there any chemicals in pot, over 467 ??????? different than cigarette smoke. Those tests would probably take an eternity. It's documented that marijuana has a place in cancer side effect treatment but the jury is still out on its curing qualities. Not smoked, in pill or vapor form it can't do much harm.

    Just a warning!
    I was given prescription marijuana in a pump container during my treatment. Tried it a couple of times & it burned my mouth both times. Plus tasted like evergreen lol!
    I still have a full container & it wasn't cheap lol but I don't think it is legal to pass it along lol. In the trash it go's! Just a warning!
  • Greend
    Greend Member Posts: 678
    rozaroo said:

    Just a warning!
    I was given prescription marijuana in a pump container during my treatment. Tried it a couple of times & it burned my mouth both times. Plus tasted like evergreen lol!
    I still have a full container & it wasn't cheap lol but I don't think it is legal to pass it along lol. In the trash it go's! Just a warning!

    Pot
    I remember looking in the toitet ane day and there were three of my $35 per pills floating in the water. My X-ray technician recommended I puff a joint before taking the pills and see if that would help and I must say it did. It was strange that I was never did get "high" and it didn't increase my appetite at all. I never was in serious pain so I can't respond to that. Understand I am no spring chicken and had retired after 20 years in the military but I will say that even consernavtive, republican me thinks it should be allowed for thing like that.

    Funniest moment I had was one day as I was hugging the toilet my 80 year old mother told me to "get in there and smoke one of those things".

    Even funnier (not) was three years later explaining my "pot use" to an investigator working on my DoD security clearance. :>)
  • chriscoyle
    chriscoyle Member Posts: 2
    Information about thc effects on cancer
    face book page http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cure-for-Cancer/186277288097668cure for cancer has all the info you need. heres a link...
  • chriscoyle
    chriscoyle Member Posts: 2

    Information about thc effects on cancer
    face book page http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cure-for-Cancer/186277288097668cure for cancer has all the info you need. heres a link...

    legitimate web sites
    pubmed cannabinoids cancer. google that
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member

    legitimate web sites
    pubmed cannabinoids cancer. google that

    Hi Chris

    Welcome to CSN, I too believe that theres a lot of good in the use of marijuana with people who have cancer. I am having problems with fluid on the brain and my doctor would like to use some medical marijuana, but because it is not approved by the state of Texas and Louisiana, he can’t prescribe it for me. So we have to use a medicine that will cause more harm then good. It is just too bad that Marijuana comes with a stigma of being a drug of crime.

    Take care
    Hondo
  • Lelia
    Lelia Member Posts: 98

    Marijuana & Hemp Oil
    Hi Victoria, I would like more specific information about the documentaries about the benefits also if you have done research on the web maybe post a couple of websites. I know marijuana does stimulate appetite and helps with nausea. I smoked it when I was younger for recreation and continued to smoke it later for relaxation. Willy Nelson told Larry King he vaporizes it to avoid smoking. I don't think anyone has ever overdosed on marijuana and it has been around since the beginning of time. Marijuana is legal with prescription in California and Colorado and some cancer patients have used it for nausea and appetite. I don't know anything about hemp oil but it comes from the same herb. I doubt your dad would smoke it but he might vaporize it and it also comes in pill form called marinol. I hope your dad gets to feeling better, my wife uses Zophran for nausea and it works well. When you mention a cure for cancer it causes a lot of skepticism because the cure for your dad hopefully will be radiation & chemotherapy. If your dad wanted to try marijuana to cope with the side effects of treatment I don't think anyone here would knock it as long as he continues conventional treatment. Any snake oil cures are dangerous because they may mislead someone to go down the wrong path of treatment. I know you are just trying to help your dad get better so their is no damage done researching anything. Good Luck, Homer

    15 States & the District of Columbia
    To clarify, as of today 15 states (including CA and CO as mentioned by Homer) + DC have approved cannabis for medical use. More ballot issues appear regularly and other states are poised to join the list of the enlightened 15.

    Cannabis need not be smoked to be an effective treatment for pain/nausea/anxiety. Some cancer patients like the instant effects of smoking or vaporizing and others, including those in treatment for H&Nc, prefer to swallow it in a small spoon of pudding or baked in a soft cookie. I understand it can be blended with a liquid for PEG use too.

    I've read of cancer cure claims involving cannabis or its derivatives and don't believe them. But for cancer, MS and countless other ailments, cannabis can effectively treat nausea and stimulate appetite better than anything else with virtually no negative side effects.
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    Lelia said:

    15 States & the District of Columbia
    To clarify, as of today 15 states (including CA and CO as mentioned by Homer) + DC have approved cannabis for medical use. More ballot issues appear regularly and other states are poised to join the list of the enlightened 15.

    Cannabis need not be smoked to be an effective treatment for pain/nausea/anxiety. Some cancer patients like the instant effects of smoking or vaporizing and others, including those in treatment for H&Nc, prefer to swallow it in a small spoon of pudding or baked in a soft cookie. I understand it can be blended with a liquid for PEG use too.

    I've read of cancer cure claims involving cannabis or its derivatives and don't believe them. But for cancer, MS and countless other ailments, cannabis can effectively treat nausea and stimulate appetite better than anything else with virtually no negative side effects.

    Yep
    Lelia, I agree.
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196
    Hondo said:

    Hi Chris

    Welcome to CSN, I too believe that theres a lot of good in the use of marijuana with people who have cancer. I am having problems with fluid on the brain and my doctor would like to use some medical marijuana, but because it is not approved by the state of Texas and Louisiana, he can’t prescribe it for me. So we have to use a medicine that will cause more harm then good. It is just too bad that Marijuana comes with a stigma of being a drug of crime.

    Take care
    Hondo

    Sorry It's Not an Option
    Sometimes you gotta wonder, Hondo. Marijuana is the biggest cash crop in my state (Ky), and it is NOT approved for medical use here. Ky is one of the larger producers of marijuana in the US. I'm wondering how many other states that refuse to approve medical use are big ILLEGAL producers.
  • Greend
    Greend Member Posts: 678

    curious
    I'm curious to know why you'd be afraid to ask where I've heard that?
    There is a 2010 documentary called can Cannibus cure cancer
    And from there I just started Googling the topic.
    Just curious to know more about this. I know medical marijuana can
    Be prescribed for nausia and loss of appetite. However,
    I'm wondering if there is anyone here who can actually
    say this helped them

    The way it helped me
    First know that my treatments were 15 years ago and meds have made major strides since then. I was given pills for nauseau however every time I took one I would vomit it up. At $35.00 per pill this was not good. The X-Ray tech recommened I smoke a bit of marijuana before I take the pills and see if that helped and it did. Two puffs and the pills stayed down. Funny thing was I never got high nor did it spike my appetite but I know it did for some other people (I was too busy fighting the millions of "PacMen" in my blood system I think).

    Did it cure anything? Just the nausea however that allowed me to continue treatments with a stronger body.

    Now the suppositories and new drugs seem to have alleviated the problems I had

    Denny
  • BeacherBum
    BeacherBum Member Posts: 32
    Lelia said:

    15 States & the District of Columbia
    To clarify, as of today 15 states (including CA and CO as mentioned by Homer) + DC have approved cannabis for medical use. More ballot issues appear regularly and other states are poised to join the list of the enlightened 15.

    Cannabis need not be smoked to be an effective treatment for pain/nausea/anxiety. Some cancer patients like the instant effects of smoking or vaporizing and others, including those in treatment for H&Nc, prefer to swallow it in a small spoon of pudding or baked in a soft cookie. I understand it can be blended with a liquid for PEG use too.

    I've read of cancer cure claims involving cannabis or its derivatives and don't believe them. But for cancer, MS and countless other ailments, cannabis can effectively treat nausea and stimulate appetite better than anything else with virtually no negative side effects.

    AdCC
    I have done a little research on the topic myself. While I do not believe it to be a cure, it certainly helps with appetite, pain, and anxiety as mentioned above.

    That being said, I have found numerous articles saying that smoking marijuana does in fact slow the growth of some tumors in the lungs. I was searching my AdCC when I found this. AdCC mets usually to the liver or lungs and if this has a remote chance of slowing the growth of said tumor, I have zero issue with someone prolonging their life, legal or not.
  • rarph123
    rarph123 Member Posts: 64

    Marijuana & Hemp Oil
    Hi Victoria, I would like more specific information about the documentaries about the benefits also if you have done research on the web maybe post a couple of websites. I know marijuana does stimulate appetite and helps with nausea. I smoked it when I was younger for recreation and continued to smoke it later for relaxation. Willy Nelson told Larry King he vaporizes it to avoid smoking. I don't think anyone has ever overdosed on marijuana and it has been around since the beginning of time. Marijuana is legal with prescription in California and Colorado and some cancer patients have used it for nausea and appetite. I don't know anything about hemp oil but it comes from the same herb. I doubt your dad would smoke it but he might vaporize it and it also comes in pill form called marinol. I hope your dad gets to feeling better, my wife uses Zophran for nausea and it works well. When you mention a cure for cancer it causes a lot of skepticism because the cure for your dad hopefully will be radiation & chemotherapy. If your dad wanted to try marijuana to cope with the side effects of treatment I don't think anyone here would knock it as long as he continues conventional treatment. Any snake oil cures are dangerous because they may mislead someone to go down the wrong path of treatment. I know you are just trying to help your dad get better so their is no damage done researching anything. Good Luck, Homer

    Try it
    I have used it for years as medicine--to sleep--eat--sex--you name it.I do not smoke it, its worse than smoking cigs.Here is the the cooking method--One half ounce to a full ounce of pot--grind it up in a blender untill it looks and feels like flour--take the ground up pot and put in skillet--turn stove on Low heat put two tablespoons of olive oil in skillet with pot and stir for one hour--open window and use fan to cut the smell down--mix pot with penut butter--cremy type--mix well I make mine quite strong whereas Half of a tespoon gives me a lot of relief plus I sleep ten hrs.and eat-eat and eat. Went from 118 to 124 in two weeks--I have ter. cancer

    Rufus
  • nanita
    nanita Member Posts: 1
    Hemp oil
    I have just ended up on this website looking for information on cannabis/hemp oil, my friend's mother has just been diagnosed with a brain tumour. I know it works for cancer, as my friend's father has cured himself of bone cancer by ingesting it, placebo effect is out of the question as he's very old and the family gave it to him without him knowing. The problem is when I tell my friend's mum she's going to think that I'm crazy, so I'm looking for medical studies on the subject. Cannabis Cancer Survivors have a Facebook page, they seem to be very up to date with the latest medical research on the subject. I have also watched the film with Rick Simpson where he explains how to extract the oil from the cannabis plant. I hope this helps.