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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 10:00 AM Dec 2018

Cannabis Compound Eyed As Possible Diabetes Treatment

A Marin County doctor says his research into medical marijuana has identified a compound that can help diabetes patients.

Dr. Michael Moskowitz, President of Bay Area Pain Medical Associates, says it’s not about getting high, it’s about getting well – and he thinks he’s on to something.

Moskowitz believes he has identified a rare component of marijuana called THCV that he says is helping one of his diabetic patients – a patient who’s blood sugar level varies between 50 and 1000 in a single day.

“It’s not clear, but it appears that, on a preliminary basis, for the first month that he did that, the extent of how much he varied seems to be less,” said Moskowitz.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/12/04/cannabis-compound-eyed-as-possible-diabetes-treatment/

Interesting but sounds a bit self-serving.

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MagickMuffin

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1. Black Beauty to the rescue
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 10:11 AM
Dec 2018

I read the article not sure why you think it is self serving. Could you please explain this to me? Thx


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