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@athenalee

I’d recommend you speak directly to them. Many doctors are becoming more favorable to medical marijuana, as long as it is legal in your state.

Also, I’ve researched cannabis extensively. It definitely interacts with many medications, including pain meds. I am on immunosuppressive meds and I have neuropathy, as well as extreme muscle pain due to an autoimmune disease. I’d love to take cannabis for pain. But I can no longer do so as it interacts with one of my immunosuppressive meds.

Cannabis will interact with any medication metabolized by the CYP3A4 or CYP3A5 enzymes, which is more than 50% of medications. Drugs.com is a good app to check for drug interactions.

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Thanks for responding. Cannabis is illegal in Wisconsin and is so conservative probably never will be. I also am on immunosuppressive medication for several autoimmune disorders so it sounds like it wouldn’t be a good choice for me.