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Cannabis oil for Rheumatoid Arthritis// Back pain

2 months ago•22 Replies

Cannabis oil for Rheumatoid Arthritis // Back pain

I have had a flare up now for 10days usually it can be medicated to suppress most of pain but my back has been so painful nothing is helping.

I am going to try The cannabis oil from health shop as a last resort.

Has anyone had good results from this oil ?

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Hobbits

2 months ago

I have my medical marijuana licence in Canada. Government decriminalized Cannabis and its now legal to purchase.

However a medical marijuana licence gives me access to medical grade Cannabis and oils from licence producers highly regulated by government. This assures you are getting what is stated on the bottle.

Pesticide free, correct accurate quantity etc.

I use high CBD oil with low THC during the day and CBD with higher THC for nighttime as it helps me sleep. I have not tried vaping but am just learning to make edibles. In Canada right now you can not buy legal edibles, they will be decriminalized in October, but you are allowed to make you own for personal use.

The problem with som CBD oils is you cannot know for sure what’s in the bottle, so therefore you may not get any relief.

If you vape you will get immediate results.

CBD oils can take up to 1/2 hour to 2 hours to work. Best to put under your tongue and held there for a few minutes. Also eating a fat food like cheese will help your body absorb oils better.

It’s not for everyone. Some it seems to help a lot. Others say it does nothing for them. We are all different.

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Rheumagal

2 months ago

Not medical advice but what I have learned from my doctors in Canada:

Cbd oil from hemp sources is not the same as medical cannabis cbd oil isolated from marijuana plant. Hemp sources only contain trace amounts of cbd cannabinoids by comparison and have by far less of the medicinal properties found in the marijuana plant.

My personal experience: I have used medical cannabis (from marijuana source) - cbd oil (not thc) on and off for the last 2 years. I find I do get a little relief but only after long term, consistent use and by increasing the dose over a period of time. (My Doctor has given me a recommended dosage) It’s not enough on its own to help my Ra but the little it does is as much as any pain killer I could take except without the side effects of pain meds. My doctors have encouraged me to take it for pain management along with my Ra medications and biologics.

As a bonus I do get some side benefits of improved sleep and management of anxiety.

Again, it’s not a treatment or cure and on its own is not enough to manage pain.

A note on hemp sources:

Hemp sources cbd may not manage pain no matter how high the cbd content because it doesn’t contain the same cannabinoid compounds as marijuana sources however it may be a good health supplement.

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Hobbits

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2 months ago

Thank you for mentioning the hemp oil.

Many don’t realize what they are buying and then get no relief, hemp derived sources won’t do much if anything. Many online stores sell snake oil, mislabeled, misleading and sometimes outright fraud.

I take 1:67 / 25:00 Satvia CBD, it’s low THC and high CBD.

This amount of THC will not get you high but actually helps the CBD to work better. Without THC you will get little to no pain control, but you will get inflammation control and in turn that can lower some pain. If you have a lot of pain, a higher THC can manage it.

I had to take CBD for 8 weeks straight before I had noticeable improvement, starting low, and going slow, built up to 1ml 3Xday.

I have RA and Crohn’s and endometriosis. I’m on Remicade for RA and Crohn’s but the biological only helps about 75% and CBD helps the other 25%

I am off all my pain pills and sleeping pills.

The CBD surprised me. I was hoping for instant joint pain reduction. That’s not what happened. Surprisingly it helps my neuropathies in my feet and hands. The constant burning and zapping kept me up all night, the CBD has helped greatly with this inflammation, the CBD also helps my Endometriosis, esp the pain in my ovary.

I find the low THC oils do not touch my joint pain.

So I take a ‘balanced CBD oil

11:60/11:60 THC/CBD for bedtime. It’s a Indica/Satvia blend. I now sleep like a baby and not used my sleeping pills in months. The higher THC helps my joint pain.

CBD is not a miracle cure, it’s a medication like any other. Just like DMARDs or Biologics, they work for some people and not for others.

The human body has actual CBD receptors all over your body.

There is such a steep learning curve because Cannabis has been illegal and criminalized. But read up on the history of how it came to be ‘a gateway drug’....pharmaceutical companies did that, ( natives have used it for centuries as medicine) cause Cannabis can be freely grown and cost pennies compared to manufactured drugs and biologics.

I think once more studies are done, it will become more mainstream.

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