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A member asked:

How effective is medical marijuana for temporal arteritis? and how safe are corticosteroids? and please no discussion of politics over mm

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Dr. James Marx answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Urgent Treatment: Temporal Arteritis is a serious condition and requires immediate treatment to avoid serious complications like Blindness. Medical Marijuana will not prevent those complications. You should discuss with your Doc.

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Answered 12/1/2015

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