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Does medical marijuana work for chronic pain?
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Good evening @arniec......and let me extend a hand to welcome you to Connect. It is good that you have found that medical cannabis can help with your neuropathy pain. And you are correct.....the Indica strain is best for "body" buzz as you call it. That is where I started about seven years ago. I do want to shake my finger at you a little bit. I gave up vape cartridges because of the potential damage to our lungs. Would you be willing to try a tincture......you even have a couple of different dosages......a 1:1 CBD/THC for the morning "get up and go routine" and then a 2:1 CBD/THC for evening and bedtime?
Let me know if you are able to convert to liquids. I also use a topical balm. The 1:3 CBD/THC is for acute pain and the 3:1 CBD/THC is for chronic pain. I hope you can send me a post when you've given it a try. I am looking after your health.
May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris
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to add to my first comment...I'm looking at the tinctures, and they don't specify the strain. Sativa gives me a headache. I've used RSO's in the past as it least they indicate the strain of origin. However the result was very unpredictable which made it rough during the day as I may micro dose during the afternoon.
Hi, I just developed neuropathy in my fingers and my feet and toes, I have chronic neck and lower back pain from 8 compressed discs, radioculopathy, sciatica and the restless leg syndrome that I've had on and off for 4 years has come back and is excruciating. Gabapentin and Prampexiole gave me chest pain. I haven't used marijuana in such a long time. I don't like smoking it or the vape. It hurts my chest. I need something for acute pain. What is the name of the combination of the CBD/ THC you mentioned? I would like to try that. I am very open to using edibles. I live in CA.
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Hi Chris, thank you for the response. Never did a tincture. I don't like edibles, as the results are unpredictable. The vape scare was due to bootleg cartridges, which I do not buy. I have not seen any other issues with vaping. I also smoke a little in the eve, like the equivelent of half a joint. For what it's worth I just had a chest xray (some concern from my dr) and it was fine. I tried CBD in many forms, and nothing. Skin treatments were tried (lidocaine patch - rx strength), and nothing. The pain is deep, not on the skin. And please...no "shaking the finger". I've had this for 5 years. I have a Dorsal Root Ganglion implant, seen 2 pain mgt drs, a neurologist, an accupuncturist/alt medicine dr, 4 psychologists, 2 psychiatrists, and googled over 1K hours (including pubmed). My sensitivity for judgement, criticism, and anything remotely negative is near 0. This is a very taxing disease, and all I have are "tools" that each do a little at best. Unfortunately a little+ a little +a little + a little + a little = a little. No cure in sight, and I don't see any promising treatments out there. So yes, I'm a real crab-ass. thanks Arnie