This is what happens to your body if you have marijuana before surgery

#marijuana #cannabis #anesthesia What happens to your body if you use marijuana for anxiety before surgery and anesthesia? There can be serious side effects, so you NEED to tell your doctor. 💛 Visit Dr. Kaveh's longevity clinic for ketamine therapy, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, and more: https://www.clarus-health.com 🫀 Exclusive access to Dr. Kaveh's live streams + more:    / @medicalsecrets   So my patient coming in for hip replacement is squirming around a little and looks uneasy. I’m thinking this isn’t just normal surgical anxiety, which is totally real, and has totally real effects on your body under anesthesia. No, this patient had something in their system, and I had to do some detective work before it came out that they were smoking weed to chill out in the parking lot before surgery. I LOVE plant medicine, but marijuana isn’t an ordinary plant. Marijuana affects your body in ways that are exposed under anesthesia. It can impact your pain, nausea, emotions, and sleep, and more. Marijuana withdrawal symptoms can also be severe after surgery, causing even more pain and distress. Learn what weed does to your body when you’re under anesthesia. Always tell your doctors your habits before surgery because it heavily impacts your safety under anesthesia. Learn more at www.MedicalSecretsMD.com Here are some highlights: I love plants as medicine because they can be effective, gentle, and have fewer side effects. But modern-day cannabis is different than other botanicals. To understand why, you need to know the basics about the cannabinoid system, and endogenous, phyto, and synthetic cannabinoids. Marijuana has been used for thousands of years in its natural form. What benefits does marijuana have in the body? Your body has receptors to cannabinoids all throughout your brain and spinal cord, and that’s where a lot of the activity takes place. Most of these benefits are still controversial because there’s so much variability in marijuana studies because it’s hard to standardize dose, phytocannabinoid concentrations, eating vs inhaling, etc. They include pain, nausea, seizures, appetite, sleep, and spasticity. Unfortunately, these effects are often paradoxical under anesthesia, meaning they’re the opposite. Withdrawals are just one example of the harms that can come after surgery. The heart, lungs, brain, and hematologic systems can all be affected by natural and/or synthetic cannabinoids. Learn about what you can do to safely prepare for surgery. Reducing anxiety is definitely important, but cannabis is not a safe way to calm your nerves before surgery. This video/speech/channel DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE. Patients with medical concerns should contact their physician. If your concern is an emergency, immediately call 911. This information is not a recommendation for ANY THERAPY. Some substances referenced in this content may be illegal, and this content is not a recommendation for, or endorsement of, their use in any way.