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Hydrocodone 5-325 3x a day vs Medical Marijuana Option
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 25, 2018 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
@knocerine03 I am feeling connected to your journey as we have some similarities. And yes, after 13 othopedic/neurological surgeries and lots of opioids, and other debilitating and scary drugs like Ambien, I have now been on a program/protocol of medical marijuana for almost 3 years. Key to my ability to live reasonably well without opioids has been having good marijuana guides, a neurologist who accepts my choice and is a supportive partner. We work together to try to keep one step ahead of the progressive pain and debilitating issues of polyneuropathy, myofascial pain syndrome and SFN (small fiber neuropathy). The medical marijuana industry is a compassionate one. It also is having such phenomenal growth that problems are created because new products are being introduced every week. Let me explain. There are no RX's for MM (medical marijuana). You have to do some research and then find someone to help you through the maze of options and delivery systems. Be ready to experiment and evaluate . Start slowly and progress carefully. Choose products that fit your lifestyle: morning activity, afternoon rest, and pain free sleep. This may include, vaping cartridges with as pure an oil as you can find, topicals that tone down the needle like tingling, edibles that work well as long as you handle the dosage carefully. My daily routine begins with vaping and then moves to tinctures in my tea or coffee. The key here is what the ratio of THC to CBD works best for you. I use a 3:1 tincture, 3 parts CBD, 1 part THC. My topical is also 3:1 but this time it is 3 parts THC to one part CBD. I have not found any 100% CBD oil available everywhere and on line that works for me. It appears that you need some THC to potentiate the benefit of CBD. The other key issue is time. A vape will deliver help with your pain within a few minutes but only last15 or 20 minutes. A tincture can be subliminal or in a beverage and depending on the ratio may take longer to take effect but last several hours. For me, one dropper gives me an easy, comfortable morning. I may repeat this dosage in late afternoon or during the evening. Bedtime for me means some vaping, a tincture dropper and topicals on my hands/feet and bad myofascial knee. Edibles like infused cookies may take 45 minutes to take effect but last the entire afternoon. You must go slowly with edibles. Remember you can always have more but you cannot have less. So....I now have an older gentleman at the dispensary who helps me every time I visit. And one more tip...get a very good vaping battery. Some are pretty shoddy. And remember that I mentioned problems. Here it is: the industry is growing so fast that you can often not find the same products every time you visit. So you are always experimenting. And one final note: two no-nos. Do not use medical marijuana other than a bit of vape on an empty tummy. And number 2....do not drive after medicating. Most of all, be kind to yourself.
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@oregongirl The DR,s are in the pocket of the pharmaceutical companies and Dr,s can't practice medicine the way they want to so we have to do the best we can.Haveing great faith knowing you can trust what God says is the best way when everything else fails give gratitude for his healing. Someplace in the Bible He has given us all we need' to heal the cannabinoid plant is for us to heal us but it's this dumb government , its bucks from pharmaceutical that's keeping us from it Shame on them.Blessings lioness Linda
@oregongirl It to me sometime to figure what works for me but I think I know now .Since none of what the Dr.prescribed helped alot I had to experiment on myself I don't recommend this but since I'm a retired nurse and know alot about holistic meds I felt comfortable on myself .
Thanks Lioness, You say or someone on here said, oil canibis is available on line and it is not against the law to buy it? WOW
READ Genesis.......The Bible says all Herbs with seeds are free for us to use. Does Canabis have seeds?
Cannabis is still against the law unless your state has approved its use. You can buy CBD oil on-line and it has a small amount of THC in it. I don't know if they can sell and ship it to you in Texas, but it's worth a try. I posted several links to the place I buy my CBD, so check it out there. Also, check with your physician to see if he/she can write a prescription for Medical Marijuana for you.
Are you taking Tramadol, 50 mg now? If not, see if you can. I think you may find some relief from it, and even though you will become dependent on it, it's not addicting in the same way as hydrocodone or other opioids. I never felt the need to take more Tramadol than I was prescribed and my prescription was never increased.
I hope you find relief for your pain.
Gail
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Just to be sure you know, what the Bible says has no effect on the law.
Gail
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My Bible is my guide daily. God created all things See Genesis Chapter 1 verse 11 and 12. Now I am not suggesting this is legal. We must pray for our leaders to make right laws. I simply mentioned A statement. I still don't know if Marijuana has seeds. I don't advise anyone to break the law. But you are right. We as a people wanted God in our schools. But the people who did not, had voices louder than the Christians. I guess I will take this to my my represenative. Marijuana is not habit forming and does calm the pain.l
@gailb You keep saying you became hooked on Tramadol ,every person's body Chemistry is different I never did.Maybe my system doesn't have that addiction for drugs .When I fractured my back I was on Vicoden far years never became addicted as long as I followed Dr.order it's when you take more then Dr prescribes ,as,he told me likewise with Tramadol in beginning Dr had me on 6 a day but gradually Dr.started weaning me of cutting down 1at a time till I was on 3now I'm down to 1-2 depending on fibro pain I take 1Meloxicam with it Dr.ordered and besides exercise I'm fine So as long as you listen to Dr.on dosage you won't get addicted but as I said every body,s system is different Love Linda
@oregongirl Yes you can buy it online Search cannabis 'oil loads of sites come up Amazon even.
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Knocerine. I am so jealous of you. I had no choice but to move from Oregon. I am living in Texas. There is no such thing as Marijuana here. I have been told there is something that is sold at the pharmacy. TWO problems here. If you get it from the pharmacy, then your insurance company knows you are using it. The other problem, is I could get arrested if I had any on me. It is just ridiculous. They would rather give you narcotics and then pull them from you just at the moment when you were hooked. And, Now the trip down the road to withdrawal. If your state allows Marijuana, then there is NO reason to take heavy duty pills. I used a (I don't know what you call it) Oil filled and on battery operated tool. Gosh, I feel so dumb. My primary doctor put me on the Marijuana. He and I were both tied of me on Morphine. It was taking it toll on me. So here I am with TRAMADOL. For whatever it is worth. I fell twice and had a crushed Vertibra L11. I have RA. I believe I am in remission right now. I have NEVER gone this long without horrible pain. When I broke the L11, I had surgery using the concrete to fill in the fractured vertibra I also asked God to heal me. I knew I was leaving the hospital and would not get any drug help once I left. Our Medical is SO MESSED UP. What happened