Enhancing Quality of Life: Medical Cannabis for Parkinson's Dementia Care

Parkinson's disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. Tremors are common, but the disorder also commonly causes stiffness or slowing of movement. In the early stages of Parkinson's disease, your face may show little or no expression. Your arms may not swing when you walk. Your speech may become soft or slurred. Parkinson's disease symptoms worsen as your condition progresses over time.

Recent research describes the cascade of neuronal death and the spread of abnormal protein aggregates throughout the brain in Parkinson disease. 

The science behind cannabis and how it  can be used to treat Parkinson's sy​mptoms?

The endocannabinoid system is located in the brain and made up of cannabinoid receptors (a receptor is molecular switch on​ the outside of a cell that makes something happen inside a cell when activated) that are linked to neurons (brain cells) that regulate thinking and some body functions. 

Research shows enthusiasm to how cannabis may reduce their tremors. Some researchers think that cannabis might be neuroprotective— saving neurons from damage caused by PD.  Cannabinoids (the drug molecules in cannabis) have also been studied for use in treating other symptoms, like bradykinesia (slowness caused by PD) and dyskinesia (excess movement caused by levodopa).