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Marinol is a type of medicine called a cannabinoid. It attaches to special receptors in the brain stimulating appetite and reducing nausea. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved marinol to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional treatments.
Dronabinol is a synthetic version of a naturally occurring compound known as
delta-9-THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) You might recognize THC as the active ingredient of marijuana.
MARINOL is not marijuana. MARINOL does not contain the additional chemicals and impurities associated with marijuana.
There has been some limited use of Marinol to control vomiting in patients undergoing Methotrexate treatments for severe Crohn's but its effects have yet to be well documented. Because appetite suppression is usually a Crohn's patients response to "you eat, you hurt" or "you eat and run to the toilet" treating the Crohn's successfully will in turn treat the lack of appetite.
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Where does marinol come from?
Marinol or Dronabinol is a man-made form of cannabis, similar to the herb, marijuana. Marinol causes many effects on your central nervous system, but is used mainly for treatment of nausea. Marinols use to treat loss of appetite in people with AIDS is well documented. It is also used to treat severe nausea and vomiting that is caused by cancer chemotherapy or severe Crohns disease. Marinol is for use only when other medications have been unable to control the nausea and vomiting.
Can nausea be a symptom of crohns disease?
Most certainly. Crohns while active can cause nausea as can some of the medications used to treat the disease. There are however many remedies to control the nausea.
Can Crohns disease make you infertile?
crohn's disease will not directly cause you to be infertile but some medicines that can be used to treat crohn's can cause infertility
What does cdai refer to with Crohns disease?
The Crohns Disease Activity Index is a questionnaire used in research to help measure how the disease is affecting the patient.
Can crohns disease bring on phycosis?
This would be an unusual presentation, although a common medication used to treat Crohn's disease (Prednisone) can cause psychosis as one of it's side effects.
What are the uses that one might use Colazal?
Colazal is a prescription medication that is usually used to treat conditions such as Crohns Disease and Colitis. These are medical conditions that are related to the bowel and is used to reduce the symptoms such as stomach pain, diarrhea or rectal bleeding.
Use of chemical agents to treat disease?
the first chemical agent used to treat disease was
In the dark age what was the main method used to treat illness and disease?
Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease.
In The Dark Ages what was the main method used to treat illness and disease?
Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease.
What happens when crohns has spread too far to operate?
Crohns disease treatment is not just managed by operations. There are many drugs that can be used to reduce symptoms. Surgical removal of the diseased areas are usually the last option used by doctors in the treatment of Crohns and when a part of the bowel is removed, less severely affected areas of the organ can still be treated with medicine. If a doctor has told you the disease has gone too far, find another doctor.
Can H. pylori and crohns disease be similar my son was diagnosed with heliobactor pylori could it be crohns disease?
The symptoms can be similar. The tests done however would confirm which disease the doctors were dealing with. H Pylori is distinctive as a corkscrew shaped gram negative bacterium. Biopsy from the stomach lining is used among other tests. Treatment in some cases can be somewhat similar with the use of metronidazole and other antibiotics. It can take several treatments but unlike crohns disease, h. pylori is curable.
What is marinol prescribed for?
Marinol is a type of medicine called a cannabinoid. It attaches to special receptors in the brain stimulating appetite and reducing nausea. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved marinol to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional treatments.Dronabinol is a synthetic version of a naturally occurring compound known asdelta-9-THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) You might recognize THC as the active ingredient of marijuana.MARINOL is not marijuana. MARINOL does not contain the additional chemicals and impurities associated with marijuana.There has been some limited use of Marinol to control vomiting in patients undergoing Methotrexate treatments for severe Crohn's but its effects have yet to be well documented. Because appetite suppression is usually a Crohn's patients response to "you eat, you hurt" or "you eat and run to the toilet" treating the Crohn's successfully will in turn treat the lack of appetite.
