Will Cannabis Help With Migraines?

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Doctor, I have headaches. Will cannabis help me?

Hi everyone. I’m Dr. Dan Stein and I will be addressing that question today.

Headaches come in all shapes and sizes and as a board-certified neurologist, I’m often asked to evaluate patients with head pain and I will share with you my approach.

First we need to determine what type of headache the patient has. Is it the nasty type that’s related to bleeding or brain tumors? Fortunately that’s the most rare.

Is it a muscle tension type of headache with pressure around the temples and the back of the head? That’s the most common. Or is it a migraine type of headache with a severe pounding pain usually on one side of the head or face with nausea, sometimes vomiting or visual changes?

There was a recent study done in Colorado with migraine sufferers who found that a combination of oral therapy and inhalation therapy seem to work best.

Patients with frequent migraines, three or more a week, will use oral therapy each day to help prevent headache and then when a headache does occur, we call that breakthrough pain. Inhalation therapy seems to work the best as a rescue therapy to get rid of that breakthrough pain.

For patients with muscle tension headaches, we use a bit of a different approach. Because muscle tension around the scalp and neck can trigger headaches, we try to use therapies having to do with exercise, stretching, perhaps yoga and other lifestyle changes to reduce muscle tension, reduce the anxiety perhaps and reduce headaches.

But for those individuals who need other therapies, cannabis can be quite helpful. As many of you know, cannabis does reduce stress and anxiety. It also reduces muscle tension and the muscle tension headache associated with it.

I know that you may have questions of your own and that’s why you’re watching. So please feel free to reach out to us here at Neurology of Cannabis. Our office number is 941-400-1211 and our email is [email protected].

I’m Dr. Dan Stein and that’s our video for today. Thanks for tuning in.



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Located in beautiful Sarasota, Florida, the offices of Neurology of Cannabis are open to all full-time and seasonal Florida residents exploring medical treatment options with medical marijuana.

Lead physician and Board Certified Neurologist, Daniel P. Stein, M.D. performs all patient examinations and evaluates patient medical records to develop customized and effective treatment plans.

We make the process of qualifying, registering, obtaining, and renewing access to medical marijuana in Florida as easy as possible. At Neurology of Cannabis, we are passionate about the effective use of medical marijuana to transform the health of our patients.

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Phone: (941) 400-1211
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