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closeupready

(29,503 posts)
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:36 PM May 2016

Serious question re: marijuana's impact on glaucoma

When I was a kid, we'd chuckle about it, but now that I'm middle-aged, it's actually a condition that's occurring with a sad frequency - does anyone have experience with regard to actually using marijuana as a treatment for glaucoma?

Want to know how effective you've found it, thanks.

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Serious question re: marijuana's impact on glaucoma (Original Post) closeupready May 2016 OP
I had a roommate that used Marijuana for his glaucoma. dilby May 2016 #1
I smoke that many times a day... Callmecrazy May 2016 #2
lol closeupready May 2016 #4
Thx! closeupready May 2016 #6
None. Texasgal May 2016 #3
NP, thx for posting. closeupready May 2016 #5

dilby

(2,273 posts)
1. I had a roommate that used Marijuana for his glaucoma.
Wed May 18, 2016, 07:25 PM
May 2016

And it works to lower your iop however it only lasts like 4 hours so then you need to smoke again, I would not recommend it over using your doctor prescribed eye drops. In conjunction with eye drops great but unless you want to be smoking it 5 times a day it's not the most efficient mode of treatment.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
2. I smoke that many times a day...
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:32 PM
May 2016

And I'm now glaucoma free.
That is, I think it was glaucoma.
I also had neuropathy in my right leg. The pot helped manage my pain very well because I refuse to take opiates. They upset my stomach so much that I needed weed to calm the nausea. I stayed on the weed, quit the oxy, and I was able to function. The weed didn't kill the pain, but made it more tolerable and I was able to eat without throwing it all back up. The leg pain has subsided but I still smoke the weed just in case.

Texasgal

(17,052 posts)
3. None.
Wed May 18, 2016, 10:39 PM
May 2016

Marijuana only helps with pain associated with glaucoma. It does not "cure" it.

Glaucoma needs ophthalmic meds and perhaps surgery under a skilled opthomologists care. Marijuana does not cure this and has never been proven to do so.

Sorry to bust the your bubble.

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