Marijuana

[Ray P.]

I saw a new DR, and he says he wants me to try a strain of marijuana that does not get you high but helps with pain so he says.
I have tried so many things that seem to be much more powerful, and they did not work, so I am so skeptic about pot.
I also have smoked my share of pot in my younger years which turned into abuse of other drugs, so my sobriety means
a lot to me, and I don't really want to use the stuff again in any form; but if it would help and not get me high, I might try
it.
Has anybody else tried this type of pot????????

Ray

[Griff522]

Ray, I had considered at one time trying pot for the pain. My 17 yr old son assures me it would take the pain away. But that teenage son and my 15 yr old daughter are the reason I haven't. Both of them have experimented quite a bit with it and my husband I have laid down the law that there will be no drug use. We drug test them and monitor them closely.

Did the dr tell you the name of the particular strain so you could research it?

[Ray P.]

He gave me a Md's name to go see that specializes in marijuana, and its use in health issues.

[pn_person]

tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is he ingredient in pot that gets you high

never heard of any pot that does not have THC, and as far as I know, all the medical benefits from pot rely on what is basically the active ingredient, THC

so I wold be more than interested in a strain of pot that does not get you high, so with no THC, that has any medical use

[Ray P.]

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethink ... -high/3812

http://www.care2.com/causes/marijuana-t ... -high.html

Here are a couple off sites that take about a marijuana that works for pain and does not get you high.
Looks like it is not ready for humans yet through the conventional ways; maybe it is through one of those pot dispensaries?????????????????

[Celeste]

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethink ... -high/3812

http://www.care2.com/causes/marijuana-t ... -high.html

Here are a couple off sites that take about a marijuana that works for pain and does not get you high.
Looks like it is not ready for humans yet through the conventional ways; maybe it is through one of those pot dispensaries?????????????????

When I read those articles, I got the idea that an experiment showed the different ways that the THC binds to molecules in the to produce the high, and to provide pain relief. The thinking is that if they can mix it with "something" to block uptake by the molecule that has the receptor to cause the high, that they will have a new painkiller.

So, it looks like a starting point to more research, not really a new med at this time. Unfortunately.

[Ray P.]

After reading the article more carefully, it looks like your right Celeste. That is all I came up with on my Google search.
I am wondering if anyone out there gets any relief from smoking pot for pain. I am told there are a lot
more strains of it out there and that is used for different things. Just would like to get some feedback from someone you
has tried pot for PNE.
I am not sure what the Doctor was talking about that wanted me to try it. It was a Doctor that was from my ins. company
that paid me a home visit.

[JeanieC]

Ray,

I tried marijuana butter every day for a couple of weeks last summer while living in a state where medical marijuana is legal. I was really disappointed in the results. It made me feel really out of it, without doing much for pain at all. I spread it on toast in the morning at first but as I did not like the way it made me feel during the day, I started taking it at night. It did make me sleep well, and the out of it feeling lasted all morning. Maybe it helps more if you smoke it, or use it in a vaporizer or water pipe.

Anyway, I am sorry to report the results were just not more positive as far as I was concerned.

[donstore]

As someone with decades of personal experience with marijuana, I would like to note that smoking allows one to control the dosage more precisely and produces an effect that lasts a few hours at most. Controlling the dosage allows one to achieve an effect that is lighter and more cerebral whereas oral consumption almost always seemed to produce a druggier dragged out feeling that lasted longer even into a hangover the next morning. The effects of different strains varies widely. The medicinal legalization on a state level here in California has finally allowed for some sytematic feedback from patients on the different strains and their effect. I would consult one of the larger dispensaries for advice (the Harborside Health Center in Oakland is the largest in the Bay Area). For some people, the high is either unpleasant or pain relief is ineffective. Others find the effect relaxing and many thousands of patients have found it be an effective pain and anxiety reliever. You obviously have to use it in a safe and sensible fashion (no driving or brain surgery) but I would compare it to Lyrica. You just have to try it and see if it works without unacceptable side effects.

[merrie]

I have been wanting to try marijuana for pain - been suggested to me by several drs - but I'm worried about doing so while I'm also on opana and lyrica and I use suppositiries with gabapentin and ketamine. The drs can't really tell me how all these meds would mix although the medical marijuana dr i saw (dr frankel in los Angeles) said it would be fine. I have been too scared to try.

Merrie-