MS Living Well Podcast: Cannabis & MS

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Multiple sclerosis often causes nerve pain with burning and pins-needles sensations and spasticity associated with muscle tightness and cramping.  The specific role of medical marijuana components including THC and CBD in MS in alleviating these MS symptoms addressed.  Information regarding which MS patients are more likely to benefit from cannabis are reviewed in depth.  Risks and concerns of cannabis use in MS addressed.  All national, state and local laws should always be followed.

Barry Singer, MD, Director of The MS Center for Innovations in Care, interviews:

Allen Bowling, MD, PhD

Allen Bowling, M.D., Ph.D. , MS neurologist at the Colorado Neurological Institute, Denver, Colorado

Jacob Sosnoff,,PhD

Jacob Sosnoff, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Department of Kinesiology and  Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.