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Cannabis oil

Has anyone tried this. There is more and more positive reports in the press and I wondered what your thoughts were on this? Could it really cure some cancers?

  • Hi Ginntonic

    unfortunately it is another one of those so called miracle cures that isn't.

    The disease cancer encompasses hundreds of different diseases so its unlikely one medicine would treat all, and this one doesn't even cure one.

    At present it is being aggressively marketed with false claims in order to make the vendors rich. Use it if you want to waste your money, it wont do you any harm, but there are cheaper oils to use for food or as medicine or skin moisturiser. The old adage if it appears to good to be true then it probably isnt true applies here.

    But importantly keep up with your current treatment.

    Kim

     

  • Hello Ginntonic,

    There has been a lot of interest on the internet and in the press about cannnabis oil. But at the moment it isn't known how helpful it might turn out to be in treating cancer and it isn't readily available as a cancer treatment. We have a blog post which sums up the research so far which you might find helpful to look at. You can read this here.

    It might also be helpful to give our nurses a call on freephone 0808 800 4040 too. Do get in touch with them if you want to talk things through.

    I hope this helps!

    Best wishes,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator