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PMR pain management with medical cannabis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Oct 23 11:39am | Replies (56)Comment receiving replies
I grow my own cannabis for insomnia. I make a THC butter out of coconut oil and take a half tsp. each evening. Since being diagnosed with PMR last month, I have been smoking it as well for the pain. I am NOT on prednisone, trying to manage this disease with Low Dose Naltrexone. I worry that I am becoming dependent on the weed, but it really helps me with the pain! I only use it in the evening after dinner when my pain is worse...or at least my tolerance for the pain is exhausted. I am grateful each evening for the break from pain. Oh, it also helps tremendously with my state of mind...makes me less depressed and hopeless feeling.
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"I worry that I am becoming dependent on the weed, but it really helps me with the pain!"
We get dependent on prednisone too for our cortisol need. This was the worry my medical professionals had. I didn't fully appreciate prednisone dependency until it happened to me. It was hard to know about and appreciate how bad prednisone dependency is until you try to taper off prednisone. I didn't have a prednisone addiction though.
"While prednisone itself is not addictive, some people who use it over an extended period may develop physical dependence. Physical dependence means that the body has adapted to the presence of the drug, and abruptly discontinuing its use can trigger the presentation of withdrawal symptoms."