Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?

Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?

We present a case of imaging proven cerebral vasospasm causing ischemic stroke in a young patient chronically on buprenorphine-naloxone for heroin remission who started smoking cannabis on a daily basis. With cannabis legalization spreading across the states in the USA, it is important for physician...

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Main Authors: Marium Jamil, Atif Zafar, Syed Adeel Faizi, Ifrah Zawar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5313795
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spelling doaj-174e6c7e2cbc4d30a10d25ce2ef59b5d2020-11-25T00:00:26ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762016-01-01201610.1155/2016/53137955313795Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?Marium Jamil0Atif Zafar1Syed Adeel Faizi2Ifrah Zawar3Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PakistanCerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USADepartment of Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USACerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAWe present a case of imaging proven cerebral vasospasm causing ischemic stroke in a young patient chronically on buprenorphine-naloxone for heroin remission who started smoking cannabis on a daily basis. With cannabis legalization spreading across the states in the USA, it is important for physicians not only to be aware of cannabis reported association with cerebral vasospasm in some patients but also to be on the lookout for possible interacting medications that can synergistically affect cerebral vessels causing debilitating strokes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5313795
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Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
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Atif Zafar
Syed Adeel Faizi
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title Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?
title_short Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?
title_full Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?
title_fullStr Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?
title_full_unstemmed Stroke from Vasospasm due to Marijuana Use: Can Cannabis Synergistically with Other Medications Trigger Cerebral Vasospasm?
title_sort stroke from vasospasm due to marijuana use: can cannabis synergistically with other medications trigger cerebral vasospasm?
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
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2090-6676
publishDate 2016-01-01
description We present a case of imaging proven cerebral vasospasm causing ischemic stroke in a young patient chronically on buprenorphine-naloxone for heroin remission who started smoking cannabis on a daily basis. With cannabis legalization spreading across the states in the USA, it is important for physicians not only to be aware of cannabis reported association with cerebral vasospasm in some patients but also to be on the lookout for possible interacting medications that can synergistically affect cerebral vessels causing debilitating strokes.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5313795
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