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Does medical marijuana work for chronic pain?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 18 8:13am | Replies (701)Comment receiving replies
@frances007 you should consider trying something more effective for chronic pain than opiates. Percocet or oxycodone are for acute non-chronic pain and they can do a number on your system. I was switched to buprenorphine patch a few years back. Take a look.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675640/
Regarding cannabis for pain, I use it to decrease my need for oxycodone for breakthrough pain. I have found that cannabis does not work alone to relieve pain.
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I use buprenorphine, tabs dissolved under the tongue, to treat opiate addiction. It's combined with naloxone. I don't get high from it, and it renders stronger opiates ineffective in me. It's sorta like Antabuse for alcohol abuse. The idea is to discourage abuse.
That said, if you ever want to stop taking buprenorphine, you have to taper the dose very slowly to avoid withdrawal symptoms, which can be severe.
Personally, I haven't found buprenorphine to relieve any pain. Then again I don't have chronic pain so not sure if it helps with that. As with all opiates, just be careful.