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Epilepsy and marijuana

Sat, 02/05/2005 - 12:32
Hi all, I was wondering whether or not the effects of pot on the brain can intefere with the effects of the epilepsy medicine Tegretol 400mg per day. I know grapefruit and alcohol have adverse effects on the drug's treatments and can lead to uncontrollabe seizure possibilities in some cases. However, in the case of weed I do not not if it does have any interference or not. So if anyone could help me here I would appreciate it. Thanks.Chris

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RE: Epilepsy and marijuana

Submitted by event4jlm on Fri, 2004-03-26 - 10:17
Canda recently was approved by the FDA to import a marajana derivitive to America as a medication. At present, you can only get this with a presciption from your doctor and only a handful of people actually have been deemed "medically necessary" to get medical marajana. I am not sure if any studies have been done on marajana's effects as an adjunct therapy for epilepsy, but is if is given FDA approval, chances are, some scientific uses are being studied.

RE: Epilepsy and marijuana

Submitted by Rebl on Tue, 2004-04-20 - 10:35
Hello,I can't believe my eyes! I was just talking about this very subject the other day! From what i have experienced in my oh so dumb and dangerous years back in highschool, is that yes, definatly, tegretol and weed are quite the combination. I swear on everything holy that tegretol extends your high, for hours. It makes you a zombie, not actually fun, but when your stuck in the middle of nowhere, you take your highs where you can get them. It also makes men impotent!(in combination)Also, it can damage you heart as i found out by overdosing and having to wear a heart monitor for 2 weeks. I was such a stupid kid that i sold my tegretol. I saw it as the only way that epilepsy could make me cool, that i could actually benefit from it instead of being ashamed. I have since grown up and no longer smoke up. What i did was wrong and stupid and i wouldn't recommend anyone else even bother to entertain the thought. I mean, my seizures trip me out so much, why get high and lose even more control? My advice is to take your neurologist seriously and be kind to you mysterious, misfiring brain.

RE: Epilepsy and marijuana

Submitted by sweetpea on Sun, 2005-01-30 - 00:02
I personally have experinced the effect of relaxation and stress free when in use but unfortunatly been awhile! I really wish they would medically consider it to be legal for us that suffer from this disease. It would help. I am on tegertol also but had to go through alot of different meds to discover this one.

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