Here's What Marijuana Does To Your Bladder
Anyone who suffers from overactive bladder syndrome knows what an inconvenience it can be—to have constant, sudden urges to go to the bathroom and the social embarrassment that often follows—but a new study offers hope for OAB sufferers, and that hope comes from an unexpected source: marijuana.
Specifically, researchers looked at the non-psychoactive cannabinoid known ascannabigerol (or CBG) and its effect on bladder contractility, the ability for the urinary organ to contract. Anecdotal evidence prompted the team of scientists to investigate the potential health benefits of cannabinoids such as CBG, CBD, and THCV as they relate to bladder dysfunction.
In their study, published in the peer-reviewed journal, Natural Product Communications, the researchers describe the process of administering cannabis compounds into mice and analyzing the effect on bladder contractility, finding that CBG presented the highest levels of efficacy in reducing contractions, which alleviates the symptoms of OAB....
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