What is marinol prescribed for?

Marinol is a type of medicine called a cannabinoid. It attaches to special receptors in the brain stimulating appetite and reducing nausea. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved marinol to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional treatments.

Dronabinol is a synthetic version of a naturally occurring compound known as

delta-9-THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) You might recognize THC as the active ingredient of marijuana.

MARINOL is not marijuana. MARINOL does not contain the additional chemicals and impurities associated with marijuana.

There has been some limited use of Marinol to control vomiting in patients undergoing Methotrexate treatments for severe Crohn's but its effects have yet to be well documented. Because appetite suppression is usually a Crohn's patients response to "you eat, you hurt" or "you eat and run to the toilet" treating the Crohn's successfully will in turn treat the lack of appetite.