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Sepsis and Medical Cannabis
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Cannabis for Sepsis and Medical Cannabis
Sepsis, sometimes called septicaemia or blood poisoning, is an overreaction of the immune system to an infection. This causes damage to your body’s own tissues and organs. There are three stages of sepsis: sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock (the most life-threatening form, and has a mortality rate of 40% – 60%). An infection (especially a superbug infection), compromised immune system, diabetes, organ transplant, or kidney or liver disease are all risk factors for developing sepsis.
There is some promising research surrounding cannabis as a treatment for sepsis. CBD and CBG could potentially be used as antibiotics, which have the added advantage of superbugs not having developed a resistance to it. THC, CBD and CBN could be useful in battling inflammation associated with sepsis as well.
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Animal Study
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Laboratory Study
2
Meta-analysis
10
Total studies
Sepsis and Medical Cannabis
22
Positive
20 studies
91%
Inconclusive
2 studies
9%
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- Betacaryophyllene – A phytocannabinoid as potential therapeutic modality for human sepsis?
- Cannabinoid 2 receptor antagonism reverses central nervous system injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome
- Cannabis Sativa Revisited-Crosstalk between microRNA Expression, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Endocannabinoid Response System in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis
- CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors Contribute to Bacterial Invasion and Mortality in Polymicrobial Sepsis.
- Combination therapy with direct hemoperfusion using polymyxin B-immobilized fiber and oral vancomycin improves fulminant pseudomembranous colitis by reducing the elevated endogenous cannabinoids and inflammatory cytokines: report of a case