(Some mid medicinals of mine - I use this for appetite building and brief pain.)
Cannabis for pain relief from a patients point of view;
The two most unknown potent therapeutic applications of the holy herb are as an analgesia (pain relief) and as an anti-inflammatory. as the two are often linked this type of medication works on different levels to provide relief to a wide variety of patients. Using cannabis as pain relief is nothing new! Harvard uni psychiatry professor Doctor Lester Grinspoon stating that Mary Jane being used as a pain killer has been around for more than five thousand years!
For persons suffering in chronic pain — which can be the result of an injury or disease — cannabis is a non-addictive substance different to opiates and other harmful treatments. Neuropathic “nerve-pain,” pain is a problem for sufferers of cancer, diabetes, HIV&AIDS, multiple sclerosis, among dozens of other diseases that cause relentless and unabating pain.
Myself having chronic pancreatitis would know all about this. However I had already found the wonders of this plant way before I got ill. I already knew the huge benefits and I use it today as my number one choice for feeling well.
(My oxycontin 80mg twice daily ER)
Of course there are times when opiates are required but if one can stay away from them then the better one will be. Personally the side effects are awful. You build a tolerance very fast and they begin to stop having the needed effect.
(Some high grade medicinals that I use for bedtime - sleeping is a nightmare excuse the pun' with CP.)
Stories continue to accumulate and grow of how people who underwent surgery that left them with chronic pain have chosen to replace big pharma drugs and opiates with cannabis. More than 5,000 Americans are hospitalised each year due to overdose- sometimes complications due to opiates use, resulting in 8,000 deaths that can be directly linked to these harmful and addictive big pharma drugs.
I have found that marijuana is not just good for pain relief but all round well being. It makes you feel happy when you might be feeling down about being bed ridden or house bound. It makes programmes and books more interesting. It makes life that little bit easier - this alongside its pain killing properties I believe we should have buds legalised and ready to be prescribed or regulated.
Thank you for your time!
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