Hi again. My dad is currently using manuka honey. I have also read about cannabis oil. Has anyone tried this and if so, would they recommend and where can you purchase it from? Many thanks
Thanks for this. My husband has an inoperable brain tumour and just finished radiotherapy and starting chemotherapy. I understand cannabis oil containing CBD oil is legal and can be obtained from Amazon and Holland and Barratts - but are they the ones I read about where people say they did them some good? Or are these people talking about the oil that contains the THC?
I would be grateful for any advice at the moment as just given some from Amazon (Hofigal 'Hemp Oil' 40 softgels), and I am not sure if this is what people are referring to, or if I should be looking elsewhere?
Hi missketch, I'm sorry to hear about your husband's diagnosis.
In terms of your question about Hemp Oil, there’s little in the way of evidence to suggest that either cannabis or hemp oil benefits most cancer patients. An early-stage trial we supported testing a drug called Sativex (made from cannabis extract) combined with temozolomide showed that it helped patients with brain tumours that had come back live longer. We’ll need to wait for further, larger trials to be certain of its benefits, though.
If you'd like to find out more about this particular trial you can read more here. There's also lots of really good information in our blog Cannabinoids for treating cancer?, which is well worth a read.
Our cancer information nurses are just on the other end of the phone if you have any questions, too: 0808 800 4040 (Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm).
Thanks for sharing this article. The problem is that this may have nothing to do with her taking cannabis oil. A small percentage of patients inexplicably go into remission without any sort of therapy.
Proving the efficacy of cancer oil in a sample size of one case is impossible. This woman's cancer may have reacted to the cannabis oil (though whether the active ingredients can survive the digestive process is debated) or she may have experienced spontaneous remission. I guess we'll never know for sure.
Hi I just want to say Cannabis or CBD Oil is NOT illegal in the UK and I am not sure why this has been suggested by the moderator. If it is for the CBD You can buy it perfectly legally if it has a THC content of under 2%. I took CBD oil (under 2% THC) in the 3 months I was not on chemo and my cancer still spread and grew, some have suggested that oestrogen positive breast cancer could even get worse with the use of cannabis so be very careful. Some cancers I have heard of have responded but as with any cancer they are all very different. I am just speaking from my experience. I do have a medipen however which is a CBD vapour pen and is perfectly legal and has even been advertised in the press.I do suggest that the moderator makes sure the advice she is giving is factual.
