Has anyone looked into this? Seems to go against everything I have thought or thought I knew about Marijuana. Just for the record I am a devout Mormon who believes that any addictive substance should be avoided - life is hard enough sober let alone with an altered consciousness. IE helping my concussed 16 year old daughter while intoxicated would not really work - if anything could drive me to drink it would be the past year. If anyone has personal experience or knowledge please IM me. Thanks
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I emailed a doctor featured on CNN (see my link below) and he and his neurosurgeon partner who is the neurologist for the Pittsburgh Steelers have patented a supplement which is extracted from hemp oil but has no actual cannabis in it and are doing research with it on concussion and TBI and seeing results in pain relief=} It is called CBD. Here is a link :

http://www.frequency.com/video/medic...4496?cid=5-235

Hope that helps!

We've talked about CBD oil in the main forum. Canabidiol oil can be refined from commercial hemp. Here is a company that sells it. https://www.hemplifetoday.com/lp/choose-quantity/
It is also available on Amazon.

Thanks Mark! I'll head to the link and check it out.

Cheers!

CDC's Report to Congress on Traumatic Brain Injury Epidemiology and Rehabilitation:

http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininj...epi_rehab.html

Another 2 publications (you can view chunks of these online) -- both look good, but it would be great to have what they say about PCS subjected to some informed scrutiny :-)

Post-Concussion Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Approach by William D Boyd, 2014
(http://www.amazon.com/Post-Concussio.../dp/1499060866)

Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice, 2nd edn, 2012, WD Zasler et al (http://www.demosmedical.com/brain-in...d-edition.html)

http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/m...e.php?id=57406

Excellent article on nutrition for tbi..must read

http://www.indiadivine.org/content/t...-brain-injury/

There has been some media about a large South Korean study (published in the British Medical Journal) suggesting that the combination of NSAIDs (pain-killers) + anti-depressants (any type) can increase the risk of intracranial bleeding, esp. in men. Will not include links here, as the headlines are all pretty sensationalized, but easy to Google.

Independent from this, the US FDA has also recently strengthened warnings about NSAIDs, which many people take for things like neck and back pain.

While this has raised further questions and prompted calls for further research, doctors are being advised to closely monitor drug interactions, & pharmacists are being urged to educate patients.

Probably worth letting doc/pharmacist know if you are taking or thinking of taking this combination so that alternatives may be considered.

Dietary branched chain amino acids ameliorate injury-induced cognitive impairment

http://m.pnas.org/content/107/1/366....&pmid=19995960

Dietary Therapy Mitigates Persistent Wake Deficits Caused by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3951738/

I noticed that both studies administered the BCAA to the lab mice in a 1:1:1 ratio. I know that some folks here use BCAAs -- do you use a different ratio? From what I saw at the store today, they were mostly available in a 2:1:1 ratio, but that's being marketed to bodybuilders. I don't know if that makes a difference.
Interesting studies, though.

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