TylerDurden

Ive never smoked to relieve pain. in fact, i havent smoked in over a year.

This back injury is something new to me, and i was wondering this:

I rate chronic pain in increments, from mild to severe:

1. OTC analgesics
2.Motrin 800
3.Tylenol #3
4.Tylenol #4
5.Vicodin
6.Darvocet

This is the gamut i have run over time, battling back pain.

my question, to someone who can relate, is this: In your opinion, could cannabis help me?

and if so,will it allow me to get slightly medicated but leave me alert enough to perform my daily routine?

Example: when i am required to do some precision task that requires sharp thought/motor skills, i wont take the full dose of my painkillers. in situations like this, i am not pain free, but i am not in agony either. think i could do that with weed?

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The thought of someone else raising my son, some other man being his role model, that REALLY rubs me the wrong way.

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CheebaMonkey

Chances are only you can answer this question. It can vary from person to person. You're just going to have to try it to figure it out.

But sometimes the medical dose can be below the psychoactive dose.

But if you are smoking weed for the medical benefits, and not to get high, you're not going to have to smoke as much like you would to get high. So if you did become impaired, it wouldn't be as bad compared to the impairment that comes from being high.

I think that some people have been on pain medications and smoked weed. What they did was they smoked pot (obviously), and took their medication. But they could take a lower dose of the pain killers because they smoked pot versus only taking the pain killer (which would require a higher dose).

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G33k$m0k3r420

I'm still figuring that out.

I use MJ to cure the pain from my migrane headaches, and my neck and back pain. I usually have to get pretty stoned for severe pain, but it does wonders.

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turtle1965

It also varies a lot on the strain.
I am still looking for the one for me.
I have fibromyalgia and it really sucks!!!
You cramp all over, pain everywhere, sinus probs, stomach probs, tmj, migraines and there is no cure!
I went back to smoking 3 years ago (stopped for 10 years).
Smoking and exercise help quite a bit.
There are quite a few strains which are strong and alert.
Flo is good...Bubbleberry...Hash plant...So many strains...not enough space to grow them.
Later,
Turtle

marijane79

I have been to many different doctors and have been prescribed many different drugs but MJ is the best for them!

Crazy Horse

Tyler, I also have severe back pains (from an injury at work), and in my opinion, yes it does help. When I wake up in the morning, my back is stiff all over. On days that I go to the doctor, I don't smoke right when I wake up, and that's when my back hurts the worst. So for me, yes, it helps tremedously...

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Merlin

I've done tons of experimenting with vicodin+ pills and sweet hydroponic herb after my various surgeries over the past year (car accident 2002).. and truth be told marijuana doesn't actually act as a pain killer in the sense of narcotic painkillers.... but it certainly helps take my mind OFF the pain, and that coupled with even a minor dosage of vicodin is usually enough to do the trick.

mas1888

a while back i pulled my groin pretty bad and had a partial tear. i was in so much pain when i tried to walk. My parents were out of town so the night it happend i took a bath to soak my leg, and smoked a couple bowls then after i got out the pain was almost gone and it allowed me to walk with out the pain

firsttimer

A heavy Indica for sure does pain in. Really sleepy type of High. But it blocks the Nuerons much like Vicoden and other Narcotics. So you can feel what your nerves are sending back. ITs kinda of tricking it. I notice even with Darvaset I can still feel my pain. And I can't stay awake. LOL


Edit didn't even see both of those threads where created by the same person....

TylerDurden

yeah, since i first posted this thread ive experimented a bit and found that one decent hit along with a half dose of either vicodin or ultram makes all my pain go away.

but for the last 2 days ive been in awful pain...prior to this, id get stabbing pains of this magnitude evey once in awhile, but nothing so constant as this.

ive been debating with myself about going in and getting a cortisone shot, my doc has suggested them, and up to this point i havent even considered them because the pills had been doing a great job...

man, if i felt like this all the time id go crazy.

pain sucks.


has anyone ever had a cortisone shot for back pain? and did it work? any side effects?