Julie Gardener
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Science: THC effective in appetite and weight loss in severe lung disease (COPD)
Patients with the severe lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) often suffer from appetite loss and cachexia (weight loss) resulting in reduced general well-being and early mortality. In an open clinical study THC improved appetite and well-being and resulted in weight gain.
18 COPD patients aged 49 to 81 years with a mean body weight of 48.5 kg were included in the study under the guidance of Dr. Karl-Christian Bergmann at the Clinic for Allergies and Asthma in Bad Lippspringe, Germany. In the six months before entering the clinic 7 participants had a constant body weight and 11 lost 2.3 kg on average.
They received 3.3-4.2 mg THC two times daily as oily drops delivered by THC Pharm, half an hour before breakfast and dinner. Mean treatment duration was 16 days resulting in a considerable improvement of appetite, general well-being and functional performance (36 per cent mean increase in walking distance) and an average gain in body weight of 1.5 kg, which is much regarding the short treatment period. Side effects were mild.
(Source: Lecture by K-C Bergmann on 17 March 2005 at the Meeting of the German Society of Pulmonology in Berlin)
Source: International Association for Cannabis as Medicine
Patients with the severe lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) often suffer from appetite loss and cachexia (weight loss) resulting in reduced general well-being and early mortality. In an open clinical study THC improved appetite and well-being and resulted in weight gain.
18 COPD patients aged 49 to 81 years with a mean body weight of 48.5 kg were included in the study under the guidance of Dr. Karl-Christian Bergmann at the Clinic for Allergies and Asthma in Bad Lippspringe, Germany. In the six months before entering the clinic 7 participants had a constant body weight and 11 lost 2.3 kg on average.
They received 3.3-4.2 mg THC two times daily as oily drops delivered by THC Pharm, half an hour before breakfast and dinner. Mean treatment duration was 16 days resulting in a considerable improvement of appetite, general well-being and functional performance (36 per cent mean increase in walking distance) and an average gain in body weight of 1.5 kg, which is much regarding the short treatment period. Side effects were mild.
(Source: Lecture by K-C Bergmann on 17 March 2005 at the Meeting of the German Society of Pulmonology in Berlin)
Source: International Association for Cannabis as Medicine
