Cannabis Protocol for Cancer
Cannabis
Protocol
Jake Ames, MD, HMD &
Douglas G Mitchell Ph.D., D.Univ.
Basic information
The usable dosage of cannabis [1] oil depends on the patient’s body weight, their tolerance to cannabis, how fast their body eliminates cannabis, and the purity of the tetrahydro cannabis (THC) [2] or the amount of cannabidiols (CBD) [3] which can mitigate some of the unfavorable THC side effects.
Cancer
patients should usually be using an Indica strain of cannabis, not a Sativa
strain. Indica
tends to relax and cause sedation, whereas Sativa is more energetic. A cancer patient does not need to be hyped
up.
Using
Rick Simson’s protocol [4],
it usually takes 3 months to eliminate a localized
cancer with a few metastases. His
protocol includes a 60-gram dose of tetrahydracannibidiol (THC). This could be achieved by taking 1 gram THC
per day for 60 days, but most people cannot tolerate a 1 g dose. Most people cannot tolerate 1 gram a day, so
it needs to be carefully phased in. The
total dose of usually 60 g THC can be
varied based on the type of cancer, the differentiation of cancer cells, and the cancer stage. Patients
need expert advice.
Diagnostic tests
It
is important to measure cancer status before beginning treatment in order to
measure efficacy. With low cancer loads, use sensitive tests such as the
ONCOblot® blood test [5]
(USA) or variations on a circulating tumour
test (CTC) [6]
(other countries) to measure starting cancer status.
These
tests can be repeated every 3,6 or 12 months to check cancer status. Any
recurrence needs to be aggressively treated.
With
higher cancer loads, blood cancer markers and scans can be used to monitor cancer
status
Length of treatment
If the cancer has not been totally
eliminated, and the cannabis is discontinued prematurely, the cancer can come back with a vengeance. This applies to all effective curative cancer
therapies. Continue treatment(s) well past the time when diagnostic tests can
no longer find any cancer.
Taking the treatment
There
are no problems taking CBD’s. If the
CBD’s are mixed with olive oil in a dropper bottle, start with 5-10 mg CBD per
day and build up to 20- 50 mg four times daily. Older children can also build
up to this dose.
THC
has to be carefully managed. Either:
a. Put 25 mg THC in a gelatin capsule
(obtainable from your pharmacy) and insert it into the rectum. This mode of
entry mitigates the psychoactive effects observed with high oral doses, or
b. take orally, starting with
1 mg THC in a carrier such as olive oil. Then increase slowly up to 25 mg per
day. If there are psychoactive effects, back off until they go away, then build
up more slowly, or
c. make your own suppository
by dissolving the cannabis in warm cocoa
butter, pouring it into a mold [7],
letting it solidify and insert into the rectum.
Observations
1.Taking
CBD with THC will usually decrease THC’s side effects.
2.
Commercial CBD and THC without the terpenes and flavonoids do not work as
well. THC works better when it has some
CBD, CBC, and CBG with it.
Side Effects
These
are always dose dependent.
For
THC, they could be hunger, paranoia, headache, dry mouth, nausea, dry eyes,
anxiety, somnolence (sleepiness) plus ** psychoactivity, such as visual
hullinations. **
CBD
Hypotension
(low blood pressure), dry mouth, light-headedness, sedation. As a practical
matter, only lowering the blood pressure
in someone with hypertension is observed.
© Copyright Jake Ames & Douglas G Mitchell,
2017. All rights reserved. No part of this report may be reproduced in any form
without written permission.
[1]
Cannabis is a mixture of up to 483 compounds extracted from marijuana plants.
Cannabidiols are the main components
[2]
THC is the psychoactive component of marijuana, and is most frowned upon by
regulators
[3] CBD is a mixture of various individual
cannabidiols. It is not psychoactive and is usually obtainable in countries
where THC is banned.
[4] http://phoenixtears.ca/dosage-information
[5] http://oncoblotlabs.com
[6]
Google Maintrac and RGCC to find these tests. There are other CTC tests
available.
[7]
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