Deborah Malka

Medicinal Cannabis

Pearls for Clinical Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

Medicinal Cannabis: Pearls for Clinical Practice introduces the scientific background of cannabis information on how cannabis acts medicinally, its components, delivery mechanisms, and how cannabis affects a specific condition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 803g
• ISBN-13: 9780367565299
• ISBN-10: 0367565293
• Artikelnr.: 62570309

Autorenporträt

Deborah Malka, MD, PhD, is a holistic physician with certification in Integrative Holistic Medicine. Prior to clinical practice, Dr. Malka completed her PhD in Human Genetics from Columbia University, and studied both natural and traditional medi-cine, with degrees from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the Santa Fe College of Natural Medicine. She has been supportive of patient empow-erment and alternative medicine throughout her career. She practiced as a primary care physician, directing a holistic medical clinic in Aptos, California, for 15 years. Following this, she specialized in cannabis medical consulting serving over 30,000 patients to date. Her private practice, "Cannabis Plus," provided medical cannabis evaluations and natural health consulting with offices in Monterey and Santa Cruz, California. She has been committed to educating the public and professionals about medicinal cannabis, teaching at conferences nationally and internationally. She developed and served as faculty director for the first online CME accredited course in Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine sponsored by the Society of Cannabis Clinicians. She currently provides private cannabis medical consultations and natural health guidance for clients from her home office in New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword....................................................................................................................ix
Preface.......................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments...................................................................................................
xiii
Author.......................................................................................................................xv
List of
Abbreviations..............................................................................................xvii
Part I Introduction and Scientific Background
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Cannabis in Medical
Practice...................................3
Chapter 2 Cannabis as a Botanical
Medicine...................................................... 17
Chapter 3 The Endocannabinoid
System.............................................................29
Chapter 4 Cannabinoid Chemistry and
Physiology............................................. 45
Chapter 5 Cannabis Secondary
Metabolites........................................................63
Part II Patient Practice Management
Chapter 6 Adverse Effects,
Risks........................................................................77
Chapter 7 Delivery and Dosage of Cannabis
Medicine..................................... 129
Chapter 8 Adult Cannabis
Practice....................................................................
151
Chapter 9 Pediatric Cannabis
Practice.............................................................. 157
Chapter 10 Youth Cannabis
Practice...................................................................
165
Chapter 11 Elderly Cannabis
Practice.................................................................173
Chapter 12 Pet Cannabis
Practice........................................................................179
Part III Clinical Case Examples for Medical Conditions
Chapter 13 Alzheimer's Disease,
Dementia........................................................189
Chapter 14 Anorexia, Low
Appetite....................................................................195
Chapter 15
Anxiety..............................................................................................201
Chapter 16 Arthritis
(Immune-Mediated)...........................................................209
Chapter 17 Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease...........................215
Chapter 18 Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder..........................................221
Chapter 19 Autism Spectrum
Disorder................................................................227
Chapter 20 Autoimmune
Disorders.....................................................................233
Chapter 21 Back Pain, Neck
Pain........................................................................239
Chapter 22 Brain
Trauma.....................................................................................245
Chapter 23
Cancer...............................................................................................251
Chapter 24 Cardiovascular Disease,
Hypertension.............................................259
Chapter 25 Chronic
Pain......................................................................................265
Chapter 26 Depression, Bipolar
Disorder............................................................271
Chapter 27 Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome........................................281
Chapter 28 Gastrointestinal Disorders
(Upper)...................................................287
Chapter 29 Glaucoma, Corneal
Edema...............................................................293
Chapter 30 Harm
Reduction................................................................................299
Chapter 31 Headache,
Migraine..........................................................................305
Chapter 32 Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome.........................................................................................311
Chapter 33
Insomnia............................................................................................317
Chapter 34 Intestinal
Disorders...........................................................................325
Chapter 35 Movement
Disorders.........................................................................331
Chapter 36 Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis...........................337
Chapter 37 Muscle Spasm,
Spasticity..................................................................
345
Chapter 38 Nausea,
Vomiting..............................................................................
351
Chapter 39 Neuropathic
Pain...............................................................................
359
Chapter 40 Opiate
Substitution............................................................................
367
Chapter 41 Osteoarthritis, Joint
Pain................................................................... 375
Chapter 42 Parkinson's
Disease...........................................................................
381
Chapter 43 Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder......................................................... 387
Chapter 44 Schizophrenia,
Psychosis..................................................................
393
Chapter 45 Seizure Disorder,
Epilepsy................................................................399
Chapter 46 Skin
Conditions.................................................................................407
Chapter 47 Women's
Health..............................................................................
413
Appendix
...................................................................................419
Index
........................................................................................425