Medical cannabis

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I am suffering greatly from tapped nerve in my back plus trochanteric bursitis.
I have stopped using the opioid based pain patch as it gave me a rash & the tablets make me sick.

I am now putting up with the pain unless I want to go out & then I take about eight ibuprofen & paracetamol combined (in two separate doses) before I can function well enough to do anything.

I got to wondering about medical cannabis - I’m sure it could do me no more harm than all the painkillers I’m swallowing. I am considering asking my doctor about it.

Any information/thoughts about it gratefully received - especially if you’ve tried it yourself.

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You might have trouble getting a prescription.

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Carol, also ask your doctor about oral morphine?..as a carer I remember they used to take it orally for pain relief, I also administered myself it through a line after heart surgery, it helped the pain I was in immensely, but I could only press what ever it was I pressed every so often as in time.
Edit to add, I was away with the fairies after taking it though,if you get my meaning.

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Yes I know but no harm in asking my GP. She can only say no.

I have thought about getting it illegally but don’t know where to start!!

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I want to steer clear of morphine Pauline. I am currently suffering withdrawal from opioid based medication and it’s not nice.

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Have you no young relatives that can advise on this?
I personally wouldn’t know where to buy it but I doubt it is that difficult to find out.

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I am no expert on this but a friend of mine with chronic back pain due to arthritis tried it with a prescription (ie legal) for cannabis oil and didn’t find it much help.

She gave me the rest of her prescription (ie illegal) and I didn’t find it any help either for my chronic back pain but I am very happy with my opioids which don’t work for her. My back pain is not caused caused by arthritis

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My BH has a similar problem and the doctor proscribed Endep.
aka APO Amitriptyline .It seems to be working so far.

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I’ve thought of that MrFraggle but it’s really the medical cannabis I’d like - I don’t really want to smoke it.

I’m thinking I could do with a trip over to Holland! :laughing:

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Bruce, apparently you can smoke this cannabis oil, Marriane smokes it in her pipe she was telling me, I think hers is on prescription.

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Can’t you just go back to your GP and ask for a rerferral to a back specialist, Carol?

Sorry, but I think you are bonkers taking 8 Ibuprofen and 8 Paracetamol in just two doses.
What’s the point in easing your back but ruining your gut instead?

I also wouldn’t dream of taking illegal drugs either. If something went badly wrong, how would you explain that, and who would be to blame?
I have read that some of these dodgy drugs are not really the content (or quality) they are said to be. So where would you go if it all went pear-shaped?

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Make your own. :grinning: :grinning:

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Awww Carol, I so feel for you, physical pain can be horrendous, I would far rather suffer emotional pain than physical, it can and does ruin your life, one can’t function properly, I hope you go see your doctor soon and it gets sorted,((((( gentle hugs)))))

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@Bratti knows a thing or two

just done a search but don’t have time to look through. There are local organisations you can contact, I think they’re registered, and using stuff via them is considered legal.

https://forum.over50schat.com/search?expanded=true&q=cannabis%20@Bratti

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I agree with you what a quick way to ruin your kidney and liver as well. My doctor does recommend Ibuprofen as an anti inflammatory and I am prescribed Brufen which is just Ibuprofen with knobs on but i don’t take it that often.

This is the stuff I take. It works very well. The chemist tells me each tablet is worth $50 on the black market.

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You can get a slow release version but I prefer taking it when I really need it as I found it’s effect diminished if you took it too often. I have found I can live with the normal level of constant pain so I only take these when it is really bad (for example after mowing the lawn). You can get it in different doses. Endone is another version

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My husband suffers with chronic back pain and he is prescribed paracetamol and Tramadol which he takes together 3 or 4 times a day. That seems to work although I must admit it concerns me that he takes so many even though they are on prescription.

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It Compassion Clubs that was mentioned.

Here’s a couple of links I googled up

https://www.budbuddies.co.uk/cannabis-compassion-clubs-uk/

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I have had a back problem all my life and have frequent bouts of severe back pains. My doctor prescribes me the highest strength of co-codomols, maybe you could ask your doctor for those Carol.

If you have a really bad back, I don’t understand how you are able to go out walking and shopping. I am always housebound for a few weeks and have difficulty standing upright let alone walking. Maybe you are overdoing the walking and it is making things worse for you. Just a thought.

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Oh no - I think I’ve been misunderstood here - I don’t take eight in one dose!!

I take eight tablets divided into two doses.
ie: At 6.00am this morning I took 2 paracetamol & 2 ibuprofen.
At 11.00 am this morning I took 2 paracetamol & 2 Ibuprofen.

Eight tablets in all.

The doctor advised me to take this dose along with 2 codeine also… I stopped the codeine because it made me sick.

Now I have had my total of eight tablets over a five hour period the pain is bearable & I am just about to go out with Tony. Couldn’t have gone anywhere without the painkillers so got no choice really.

The tablets I take are with doctors approval and yes they aren’t doing my stomach any good - hence the cannabis question.