Glaucoma and Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana patients across the country use cannabis to lower intraocular eye pressure (IOP), one of the main symptoms of glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disease of the optic nerve that affects more than 5 million Americans and is one of the commonly cited reasons cannabis patients get medical marijuana. It’s an approved condition in all medical marijuana states
The ability of cannabis and THC to lower intra-ocular pressure in glaucoma was serendipitously discovered in the late 1970′s by a variety of patients and researchers. An emerging concept is that glaucoma represents a progressive vascular retinopathy that requires a neuroprotectant to preserve vision. Some of the resulting optic nerve damage accrues due to NMDA hyperexcitability, an effect that THC and CBD may counter as neuroprotective antioxidants.
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