Chronic pain and medical marijuana

For 10 years or more, no one doctor would do anything to help with pain going down right leg. This was in the mid-eighties. Finally, my main doctor put me on darvocet!! At least he tried. Went to back doctor, had surgery after 5 years of paying 3 different doctors, and the shots that never helped. Now, I am diagnosed with an incurable ailment and found a pain management doc that has put me on everything from hydrocodone, fentayl patches and finally med pot. So much better the pain is than anything I take orally. But, SC does NOT support anything to do with illegal goods. Help me figure this out!!!

@lauriedr Thank you for the kind words. More and more states are approving medical pot. Maybe yours will soon. You could consider moving to a state where it is legal. As an aside......consider synthetic pot (Marinol). just read about it recently.

Ladyjane,
I have been researching CBD oil which is a derivative of hemp. Hemp is not psychotropic because it has extremely low or non existant levels of THC in it. The oil comes in different strengths and you have to adjust accordingly to see what strength you need. I just ordered some to try in my vaper cigarette and it has no nicotine or other harsh chemical additives. Some come with a flavor or without or even seperated, oil in one vial flavor in the other vial.
Hemp is not illegal and anyone can purchase it.

Hi, I have an autoimmune disease (ITP) and now have severe pain at R shoulder. MRI yesterday showed mild tendinosis of the supraspinatus tendon.
My history is that I failed steroid and splenectomy. A month ago when my platelet tanked to 3, I was restarted on steroid and 4 weeks' of Rituxan (a drug meant for lymphoma pt).
I will begin phyio and possibly oesopath.
I wonder if medical marijuna can help the pain and more importantly if it affects platelet.

I totally agree - regular use can wreck your liver!

Hi all, My name is Angela

Hello @angelard, and welcome to Connect. I moved your discussion and combined it with an existing discussion with many active members on Chronic Pain and medical marijuana. If you are replying by email I suggest you click on the VIEW & REPLY button that will take you in to the long discussion so that you can meet the other members discussing medical marijuana.

angelard IF you live in a state where medical pot is legal, I don't see what you would have to lose. I would ask the pot doctor for his opinion regarding your platelets.

That is the key question : how it affects the platelet. Several shops were raided by police here and even though Canada has legalized the medical use, very few doctors have prescribing knowledge.
Everyday about 10 hours after I take my 10mg prednisone, (ie when the effect of prednisone wears off, the throbbing pain starts across the shoulder and neck.
Now I begin to understand why people with severe chronic pain, death is a good option.... Good thing I am going for accupuncture tommorrow and ?ultra sound treatment of shoulder (it's called tendinosis and a? torn cartilege inside the shoulder).
ANyone with good exp with osteopath?
Tx

@hazelblumberg, @blindeyepug, @contentandwell, @peach414144, and @gailb. Thank you for your ongoing discussion about medical marijuana. I tagged you in this discussion because I think it would be beneficial for the Connect community for you to ignite this specific conversation, Chronic Pain and Medical Marijuana, for the rest of the community to see and participate in. I understand it can be frustrating that some state governments, federal government, and some medical professionals are not all on the same page, or up-to-speed, just yet, but it does appear to slowly be getting better. As a fellow sufferer of chronic pain, I really do get the concern and frustration over the war on opioids and the dragging of the feet on medical marijuana. I also worry that the people who need the medications the most will be the ones who are hurt the most. I am glad some of you mentioned that you have reached out to your local representatives, as I have also done the same.

Let's keep the discussion going and add some valuable debate in to this specific conversation centered around medical marijuana for the benefit of new members who find this conversation. If you are replying by email, I suggest clicking on VIEW & REPLY to see the conversation in its entirety.