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Does Smoking Marijuana Affect Vascular Stent?
Question: recently asked if smoking marajuana is harmful to lower vascular stents, your doctor replied yes, my stent doctor said it isnt,who do i believe? my stent doctor or yours?
Brief Answer:
Not advised to smoke marijuana.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to health care magic.
I am Dr Ganesh.
So what your doctor said might be correct in a way - as there is no direct link to say that smoking of marijuana will effect on the vascular stent.
But usually even tobacco smoking itself will cause the vascular occlusion / blockage in long term. Same thing apply to the marijuana there will not be any immediate effect on the stent, but on long run it may effect on the vessels - as there is risk factor of having stent, possibilities are little more.
There are other side effects / negative effects of marijuana other than vascular cause like central nervous system and cardiac causes.
Any addiction is never recommended by a doctor - but if you ask any direct effect ? then the answer is no direct effect ( as far as i have gone through the literature )
Recommended to stop smoking if you can able to do so.
Good luck
Hope i have answered your query.
Any thing to ask do not hesitate. Thank you.
Not advised to smoke marijuana.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome to health care magic.
I am Dr Ganesh.
So what your doctor said might be correct in a way - as there is no direct link to say that smoking of marijuana will effect on the vascular stent.
But usually even tobacco smoking itself will cause the vascular occlusion / blockage in long term. Same thing apply to the marijuana there will not be any immediate effect on the stent, but on long run it may effect on the vessels - as there is risk factor of having stent, possibilities are little more.
There are other side effects / negative effects of marijuana other than vascular cause like central nervous system and cardiac causes.
Any addiction is never recommended by a doctor - but if you ask any direct effect ? then the answer is no direct effect ( as far as i have gone through the literature )
Recommended to stop smoking if you can able to do so.
Good luck
Hope i have answered your query.
Any thing to ask do not hesitate. Thank you.
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