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Liver Diseases And Cannabis

Cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system appear to play an important role in treating liver diseases. This includes liver scarring (cirrhosis) and fatty liver disease (FLD). Cannabinoids can also help people with viral liver damage better handle conventional treatments like chemo....


CANNABIS AND HEPATITIS

Studies have already shown that cannabis can be a great boon to those with viral hepatitis. It appears to help in several ways. First, cannabis clearly helps ameliorate the depression symptoms hepatitis patients suffer from. It also helps people with the condition stay away from alcohol. On top of that, cannabis can assist with the chronic pain associated with viral hepatitis. Cannabinoids may also help relieve inflammation of the liver caused by the disease....

CANNABIS AND FATTY LIVER DISEASE

Interestingly, the researchers found a direct correlation to the use of cannabis and lower risk of fatty liver disease. The link was the strongest with heavy cannabis users. Occasional users had about a 15% lower risk of developing the condition. Regular users have a whopping 52% lower risk.

However, this is not the first study to examine the impact of cannabis on fatty liver disease. In fact, a 2010 NHS study found that cannabinoids play an important role in actually treating FLD. In fact, stimulation of both CB1 and CB2 receptors appears to help in breaking down fat, specifically in the liver.

CANNABIS AND CIRRHOSIS

As it turns out, cirrhotic human livers also feature more CB2 receptors than healthy livers. A study conducted in 2005 at the Hebrew University Medical School found that endocannabinoids were vital in regulating the immune and nervous systems. However, they also found that endocannabinoids were critical in the proper function of the nervous system as a whole - including the proper functioning of the liver. And a 2011 study published in the journal Cell Death and Disease found that CBD is helpful in causing malignant cells found in liver fibrosis to commit cell death.