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Hey there @msstoppainnagginme Thanks for your message. I'm very happy you've found beneficial doses and products. I like how you've described the cost tips and tricks of the trade. This post will be helpful to many. I've finally gotten my Medical Marijuana use down pat as it took months of experimenting. I use 20:1 THC:CBD "extra strength" oil, capsules and chewable tablets. The chewable tablets are scored down the center for easy cutting and smaller dose when needed. They are a bit more costly. The oil costs me $59 a bottle and I was able to milk it out for 2 months as I only use when hydrocodone cant help my pain or certain types of pain, such as terrible aching and throbbing. I agree, the capsules are definitely cheaper, and effective, they just take longer to work through your digestive system. Oil under the tongue, of course, is the quickest release for me as it hops right into the blood stream for quick action. I carefully adjust my oil dosing as I can feel unwanted effects if I dont space 2 hours apart from my hydrocodone dose or have food in my stomach. I choose not to smoke or vape. I'm not a happy camper, that it's come to my use of narcotics and marijuana but, who'd have ever thought I'd live with neuropathy. Not me! Wishing you well in continued pain relief and success. Take care.
Rachel
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@rwinney Thank You for your nice reply. It took me over a whole year of trials & errors finding the right Dispensary & certain styles of medicinal cannabis. At 1st I tried Vireo. Their products r very pricey & the discounts are not good. Not much of a savings. So I tried several other companies & glad I did & when I was totally sure I found the Right place, for great products & selection in styles & flavors or flavorless products I could take. I buy a bit of oil styled tincture that is mostly high CBD/dosage but what I use it for is to make my own cocoa butter mixture frames from my old glass cont. From their sublingual mints & I use those to soothe my aches & pains especially my left knee/need surgery sometime at end of year.
I do not take any pain meds with my medical cannabis. I take ibuprofen 4 break thru aches & muscular pains mostly. I been weaning myself off of a certain medication that caused more grief than help & this medication was given to me for way too long & not to mention that my pain mgmt Dr's told me it was to help me not go back to opiate medications. However with that being said it's something that should be treated differently on certain individuals on a case to case as opposed the longer u take it you will not go back to taking opiate pain killers. I came to his office. 5yrs. Ago asking to be taken off opiate pain meds because I was not getting enough releif from them. So my point being sometimes you have to remind Dr's that we are not addicts but pain sufferers. It's not 1 size fits all.