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Does medical marijuana work for chronic pain?

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Honestly I haven't been tested for neuropathy but having so much surgery, think its a given. Was on Tramodol to get off Dilaudid, while on a host of of Gabba, Cymbalta. I got off the Tramodol as I felt like it was causing me more pain. Had me on so many it's hard to know if there are interactions between drugs, or allergies/ and having a reaction over time.
Researching on line reviews or complaint of these drugs may help. Getting off the Tramolol like them all was slow and painful, and i'm sure my doctor had to load me up with something to do it. It can be dangerous getting off some of these too fast. I'm just your average joe, I got off all the drugs my doctor put me on without his suggestion. After I had accomplished this he wanted to put me on an suboxone, I said no way. He was anti Cannabis. I got him to agree to a nurse that would prescribe me alternate treatment care with it. Your body will tell you when the drug your taking has stopped working, and side effects kick in. I don't understand why they work and then pain get worse. I know just adding more drugs to the ones you already take is probably the way drug interacts with others cause side effects and wear the body down in time. I had lower abdominal pain from Tramodol, scared me to death.

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If one medication has stopped working and the Dr. puts you on something different, why are you still taking the first one? That doesn’t make sense. I went that route with different pain medications - found out which ones I was allergic to. Each time I was prescribed a different medication, I quit taking the one I was currently on.
From the list of pain meds you are taking, a lot of them interact with each other. And yes, the medications can quit working because our system becomes immune to it. That’s why your pain level is through the roof.