Citation

Naccache DD. Endocrinol. Diabetes Metab. Case Rep. 2020; 2020(1): 1-4.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Bioscientifica)

DOI

10.1530/EDM-20-0108

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Ten years after the successful withdrawal from heroin abuse, a person with diabetes suffered intractable pain and severe muscular emaciation consistent with the syndrome of diabetic neuropathic cachexia. Anti-neuropathic medications failed neither to alleviate suffering and reverse weight loss, nor to stop muscular emaciation. Vigilant evaluation for weight loss aetiologies revealed no responsible aetiology. Prescribing medical cannabis became mandatory, with the intention to alleviate neuropathic pain, regain muscular mass and strengthen legs, enable standing upright and walking normally. Medical cannabis for pain-relief, and the orexigenic properties of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) ingredient successfully achieved these goals. © 2020 The authors.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; male; case report; drug abuse; mood disorder; questionnaire; clinical article; middle aged; sleep disorder; lung disease; diabetes mellitus; visual analog scale; gastroscopy; colonoscopy; dizziness; neuropathic pain; Article; omeprazole; gastritis; diabetic neuropathy; cachexia; appendectomy; night sleep; limb weakness; abdominal tenderness; tobacco use; medical cannabis; cannabidiol; body weight loss; hypertrophy