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Seconds the route of administration of the drugs by
inhalation, is deemed a significant advantage over other
antiemetics. This is clear when compared with other oral
medication (_, THC and Compazine)_ Pills are orally
administered and can be vomited ups whereas marijuana, which is
',_ inhaled, bypasses the digestive system and has a rapid onset of
effect.
Madelyn Brazis_ former Head Nurse for the New Mexico
i_ program, graphically described the difference between inhalation
of marijuana and oral ingestion of THC:
As one patient put it, once you ingest
the capsules you're committed and there's
nothing that you can do to get rid of them
except to be nauseated. A lot of times
cancer patients are so nauseated they cannot
keep capsules down. They just canSt. What
happens usually -_ in fact I had several
_ situations where a patient would take the
capsules, would take fifteen milligrams_ and
then would vomit and led be digging around
in the vomit trying to find the capsules in
order to determine whether or not I could give
him o _ . anything for four hourst which was very
unethical not to give them anything but we did
not want to give them more t_61_crease the side
effect [from synthetic THCJo _--
Thirds and as a result of inhalations marijuana allows
for a patient to have more control of the drug dose. By inhaling
the drug, the patient is better able to control the dosage. He
or she simply discontinues ful_cher dosing when the desired
.... _/ Cross_examination of Madelyn Brazis, Tr. 7_21o ___ also
Affidavit of Dr. John Bickers, _ 14 (inhalation clear advantage
over oral medication); Affidavit of Dr o Ronald Stephensp _ 17
(inhalation is the most outstanding fact distinquishing oral THC
and marijuana); Cross_examination of Dr_ John Morgan, Tr. 6-272
(inhalation a more effective way of delivering medication);
..... ! Cross-examination of Dr. Thomas Ungerleidere Tro 4-117 (noting
significance of inhalation route with bone marrow patients).
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