Sativex

I asked about it as morphine barely touches the pain and a friend who lives on the border of Wales and England gets 6 bottles a month. He takes it as a spray and he swears it works. I have approached my Dr and he has never heard of it (supposidley). All we can do is keep checking the N.I.C.E web pages to keep up to date. The biggest issue here in the U.K seems to be a pricing issue due to postcode lottery. In Bristol only a mere 5 miles away it cost a few quid for a month. Yet in North Somerset it rockets to near £900. The pricing information is on official documents is somewhere online.

Thanks for advice Dan but if i came to London I would have to see a doctor privately who would be willing to prescribe sativex and then pay for it and I think it is extremely expensive so together with the cost of the journey, hotel etc it would be a very expensive trip and there is no guarantee it would be effective.

The doctor I see at the pain clinic is going to discuss my case with the senior consultant at the public hospital at a symposium next month so perhaps they will suggest something new. He mentioned the possibility of the electro stimulation device.

The thing is I am fully covered for my treatment here so I think I have to stick with the French medical service which in general is very very good.

Sorry you are not feeling better. All the best Suzy

I was thinking of going to Amsterdam for a weekend in March to try to track down some spray thc. My understanding is that spray is the more efficacious way to get the active ingredient into the system. The Dutch also seem to have cooperative relations with a lot of countries (obvs not uk!). It's a long way to Holland from France but I dare say there's an overnight lying down way to travel.... Is that something you'd consider Suzy?

Thanks Boozybird, that could be an option. Perhaps in the Spring we could make a trip to Amsterdam. I need to do a bit of research first.

I get Sativex from a Dr at my hospital as part of an ongoing trial and it really does help so if you can get it from some where it is worth it .As for cannabis its wonderful stuff if your going to smoke it you should try a little at a time too much at first can result in what is known as a whitey... ie you go white and may be sick .hope you find some relief from somewhere Fiona

cannabisbureau.nl/english

This interests me as it seems to suggest that pharmaceuticsl grade sativex ( or its exact equal) is available in Holland. I found this link via googling sativex. Like the uk, France doesn't seem to want to join the party but other European countries and Canada have some agreement to sell. Anyone know anything else about obtaining this aerosolised product?

I've e mailed someone I know in Holland to check out the availability of sativex there so I'll let you know if I get any information.

I nearly ordered one on line but had my doubts that anything without a prescription would work. Like the krantom which I tried but in the end only made me feel sick.

Still hoping to get the sativex one day but still not available. Isn't it crazy that I could easily get my doctor to prescribe morphine which is based on heroin but sativex based on canabis is strictly forbidden?