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Can Marijuana Always Be Taken For Asthma?
I have asthma and i have been smoking marijuana because i believed it helped esp when i smoked ciggarettes. I read that weed can stop a full blown asthma attack. Also it help aleeve mucus in my throat. My asthma has dissapeared. But i want know that me marijuana medicine can always be there for me.
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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Smoking marijuana or administration of its main active constituent of marjuana may exert potent dilating effects on human airways.
But the physiological significance of this observation and its potential therapeutic value are obscured.
Some asthmatic patients respond to these compounds with a paradoxical bronchospasm.
Regular marijuana smoking produces a number of long-term pulmonary consequences, including chronic cough and sputum.
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Thank you.
It is my pleasure to help you,
Smoking marijuana or administration of its main active constituent of marjuana may exert potent dilating effects on human airways.
But the physiological significance of this observation and its potential therapeutic value are obscured.
Some asthmatic patients respond to these compounds with a paradoxical bronchospasm.
Regular marijuana smoking produces a number of long-term pulmonary consequences, including chronic cough and sputum.
Hope you got the answer for the query.
Thank you.
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