US Patent 6630507 - Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants

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http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507/fulltext.html

" The cannabinoids are found to have particular

application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological

damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in

the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's

disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. "

There are countless theory's about SSRI's causing " chemical

imbalances " in various ways. No doubt that in part, they have

relevance, e.g. causing high histamine levels etc..

But from the research I've seen, SSRI's and a-typical anti-psychotics

do damage in other significant significant ways.

They cut off oxygen to the brain causing oxidative stress and neuronal

damage and cell death.

They lower the seizure threshold causing some people to have epilepsy,

as well as other neurological disorders.

So I believe that all injury's resulting from psych drugs are

iatrogenic neurological disorders/injury's. Others theory's rely

heavily on hormone imbalance, but since the nervous system is what

regulates hormone balance and these drugs are created to disrupt the

nervous system and result in those hormone imbalances, I focus my

research on the nervous system.

It appears from the information contained in US Patent 6630507 that

cannabis crosses the blood brain barrier, has anti-oxidant action, and

increases oxygen transport in the brain. The US Patent also

indicates that there is therapeutic benefit during and after the

injury's occur.

While this Patent doesn't name psychiatric drugs as the source of the

injury's, the actual injury's and symptoms that have been studied are

closely related.

I hope that more research will be done and we will recover from this

nightmare.