THC in Medicine: Cannabis Drug Helps Traumatized People
Half of the participants received 2.5 to 15 milligrams daily for ten weeks – individually dosed depending on the effect
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Half of the participants received 2.5 to 15 milligrams daily for ten weeks – individually dosed depending on the effect. The result of the study with 171 participants is clear: in more than half of those who received THC, the treatment showed effect, in more than a third, the nightmares disappeared during the study period even completely. Further studies could also look at whether the drops help those people who often have nightmares for other reasons, Röpke explained.
Furthermore, In the treatment of PTSD, according to the Charité, antidepressants and blood pressure medications are used so far, but are only limited effective and hardly help especially against the nightmares. Because there is also an endogenous cannabinoid system in the body, which plays a role in fear extinction and sleep, among other things. Traumatic memories are stored in a way that leaves no conscious control over them – they break out unfiltered, day and night.
In addition, The disease forces those affected to live through what they have experienced again and again in their sleep – as urgently as if it were happening again.
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Half of the participants received 2.5 to 15 milligrams daily for ten weeks – individually dosed depending on the effect.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe result of the study with 171 participants is clear: in more than half of those who received THC, the treatment showed effect, in more than a third, the nightmares disappeared during the study period even completely.
reliability low1/3 sourcesFurther studies could also look at whether the drops help those people who often have nightmares for other reasons, Röpke explained.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn the treatment of PTSD, according to the Charité, antidepressants and blood pressure medications are used so far, but are only limited effective and hardly help especially against the nightmares.
reliability low1/3 sourcesBecause there is also an endogenous cannabinoid system in the body, which plays a role in fear extinction and sleep, among other things.
reliability low1/3 sourcesTraumatic memories are stored in a way that leaves no conscious control over them – they break out unfiltered, day and night.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe disease forces those affected to live through what they have experienced again and again in their sleep – as urgently as if it were happening again.
reliability low1/3 sources
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