Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Why Do People With Hiv Use Marijuana?


People with HIV use marijuana to stimulate appetite and to reduce nausea. Many people with HIV have low appetite. This can be due to fatigue or drug side effects. Low appetite can lead to AIDS wasting Marijuana stimulates the appetite, preventing these problems.

Some people with HIV get nauseated when they take antiretroviral medications (ARVs). This can make it difficult to take all scheduled doses. Marijuana can help control the nausea.It may also relieve the pain of peripheral neuropathy and is being studied for that purpose.

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