S1 Ep9: Can Cannabis Help Your Sweats? Your Sleep? Sex?
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Apr 10, 2022
Dive into the world of cannabis and its potential benefits for menopausal symptoms! Discover how cannabinoids might alleviate hot flashes, insomnia, and even improve libido. Learn about the endocannabinoid system, the role of estrogen, and different consumption methods like vaping and edibles. Dr. Streicher highlights the unique ways menopausal women metabolize cannabis and shares essential safety and dosage tips. Plus, contribute to important research while you explore these intriguing insights!
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Cannabis Usage Is Widespread In Menopause
Cannabis use among menopausal women is common, with ~27% using it for symptoms like hot flashes and insomnia.
This rate far exceeds the ~7% who take hormone therapy, driven partly by fear of estrogen.
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Estrogen Regulates The Endocannabinoid Thermostat
The endocannabinoid system controls temperature, mood, sleep, pain, and more through endocannabinoids, receptors, and enzymes.
Estrogen suppresses FAAH, so low estrogen raises FAAH and lowers anandamide, disrupting temperature control and causing hot flashes.
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THC Targets Hot Flashes; CBD Eases Pain And Sleep
THC mimics anandamide and activates CB1 receptors, which theoretically reduces hot flashes.
CBD lacks psychoactivity but reduces pain and inflammation, helping with sleep rather than directly fixing hot flashes.
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More than 1 in 4 menopausal women report that they use some form of cannabis to alleviate hot flashes, insomnia, vaginal dryness, mood swings, and brain fog.
In this segment Dr. Streicher takes you through:
The components of the human endocannabinoid system
The role of ESTROGEN in the endocannabinoid metabolism
PHYTOCANNABINOIDS
The different ways to CONSUME cannabis such as SMOKING, VAPING, EDIBLES, TINCTURES and TOPICALS
Why menopausal women metabolize cannabis differently than men and young women
Need to know info about SAFTEY and DOSAGE
Why cannabis may help with
Hot flashes
Sleep
Libido
Vaginal lubrication
If you use cannabis, Dr. Streicher, is doing research on the use of cannabis for relief of symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, libido or sexual function.
PLEASE take this anonymous survey to be part of this important research. If you complete the survey- (It will take around ten minutes) you can enter to win a copy of Hot Flash Hell Dr. Streicher’s ground breaking book on options to eliminate hot flashes.
You will find lots more information on the use of cannabis in Hot Flash Hell
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr.Radio,Nightline,Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More 
