Cannabis Responsive Head Injury Induced Mutiple Disabilities A Case Report英文文献资料.docVIP

Pharmacology Pharmacy, 2012, 3, 58-61 /10.4236/pp.2012.31009 Published Online January 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/pp) Cannabis Responsive Head Injury Induced Mutiple Disabilities: A Case Report Manju Sharma Prostate Centre at VGH Green Cross Society of BC, Vancouver, Canada. Email: msharma@ Received October 2 , 2011; revised November 14 , 2011; accepted December 19 , 2011 nd th th ABSTRACT In recent years cannabinoids and their derivatives have drawn renewed attention because of their diverse pharmacologic activities. We report here one such case, where all types of medical psychiatric treatment failed to improve the symptoms; however cannabis use was able to bring back this patient to normal productive meaningful life. The pa- tient was a 47 year old left handed Caucasian had minor subdural hematoma at the posterior vertex and a minor focal subarachnoid haemorrhage following a physical assault. His impairments included cognitive slowing with decreased short term memory, organized skill language deficit. His physical disabilities included spastic gait (hemiplegic), VII nerve palsy, mild cerebellar dysfunction, blurred vision and easy fatigue. He was unable to return to work or drive. In addition to cognitive deficit, right hemi paresis dizziness; he had symptoms of anxiety depression. Cannabis im- proved his gait and brought back lots of his memory. Within 6 months all his symptoms abated with use of cannabis and he started to look at cannabis as a real medicine. Slowly he also had improvement in cognitive functions, memory, vo- cabulary and his gait became increasingly better day by day with continued use of cannabis. Keywords: Cannabinoids; THC; CBD; CBN 1. Introduction sonality and felt less inhibited and more prone to outburst of laughing or tears. However he