CHEMOTHERAPY AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN

If your oncologist has suggested a group of chemotherapy agents in the “Taxol” group to treat your cancer, you may experience nerve pain or neuropathic pain during chemotherapy that possibly worsens over years.

Sadly, many female patients of mine who have been given Paclitaxel or Taxol now come in for cannabis therapy due to unbearable neuropathic pain. Often, very often, their cancer is in remission.

As I referenced in a recent blog, in animal studies, CBD has been shown to prevent Taxol induced neuropathy. In addition, it is clear that many patients respond positively to CBD therapy. We would like additional research on chemotherapy induced neuropathic pain and CBD, but in the meantime it has been proven that CBD is extremely safe and offers many other benefits including calming effects, analgesic effects, cardio-protective, neuro-protective and much, much more.

SO, ASK YOUR ONCOLOGIST ABOUT CBD IN GENERAL AND SPECIFICALLY FOR TAXOL related neuropathic pain.

Author

Allan Frankel, MD Dr Allan Frankel is one of the few physicians in the US who truly understands Cannabis as a medicine. All treatments suggested have been well studied. Every patient seen by Dr Frankel is given a personally created Treatment Plan created with the patient's specific issues defined. Plant medicine requires "tuning" of the dosing. Dr Frankel works with his patients thru a messaging portal. The use of this portal, allows quick and simple follow up contact with Dr Frankel. Patients are not charged for these messages, as this is how Dr Frankel has learned what he has learned. Follow up appointments in person or by phone/video are also available when needed