Good morning,
just throwing it out there but has anyone here tried medical marijuana for pain relief?
Apparently more and more GPs are starting to refer patients to this than going down the opioid route.
I’ve got an appointment in a few weeks I’m going to talk to my GP about it as my pain medication at the moment is very hit and miss.
yonly when it contains thc which I don't believe is approved uber licence
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You can get medical cannabis containing THC by private prescription, it was licensed in 2018 . I've been seriously thinking about it as Oramorph & Buphrenorphine patches are not keeping my pain under control , especially in winter . Alternaleaf is one of the companies offering private prescriptions xx
Interesting/ Is that UK? And cost of private scrpt//
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Yes it is in UK , not sure of cost yet but shall be looking into it. I have had various injections but nothing much seems to help in winter especially . As long as the cost is not prohibitive i will get my summary of care from my GP & try one of the clinics .I was on Fentanyl patches but Pain Management took me off & put me on Buphrenorphine, I'm so glad they did after reading up on it.
Hi guys,
Yeah I know of a few underground places who do it and the private sector. I wondered if anyone had actually got a referral from a GP for their pain. Interesting stuff though, would be nice to find out how effective it is compared to the opiates and stronger meds etc
I've found it incredible in all honesty. I was super against it until last year when I hit a brick wall. I discussed it with pain management and he was all for it (legal route of course) but the price of a private route is expensive. I've had to stop now because I'm pregnant (scary with so many medical issues and chronic pain).
I have noticed my pain levels increased once I stopped it. Tbf I only ever would have two pulls off a night before bed but it did work.
Hello! That’s really good to hear. If you don’t mind me asking, what chronic pain issues do you have?
Congrats on the baby!!
Thank you very much ❤️
So I'll try and sum up.
Had both hips replaced at 25. Still have pain in the left.
Degenerative disc disease in my lumbar spine.
Dysplasia in my shoulder
Dysfunctional SI joint (also arthritis in that joint)
Chronic Achilles tendinitis (without any injury)
Patellofemoral dysfunction
Fibromyalgia
This is my first pregnancy so it's already extremely scary and anxiety triggering without the medical things on top.
Crikey!! That’s a list. I really appreciate your reply. I really hope the pregnancy goes well ❤️
Hi. I'm in Australia and none of the pain medications I took were helping me. I decided to give cbd oil with THC a go. Now I take 2 panadol and 2 ibuferen with 1ml CBD oil before I go to bed. I'm getting 5 hours or more before the pain kicks in. The CBD oil definitely helps me sleep. No more sleeping 1 hour walking for 1 hour all night long
The CBD I got in the UK never worked for me unfortunately. All that stuff is so unregulated here that I don’t think you ever know what you’re actually getting.
Sorry but you won't get it via GP, private route is only option currently in UK except for certain relatively rare conditions. Unfortunately the T21 project through which some people could get it discounted has now closed but there's still good info on the site: drugscience.org.uk/t21
Medical Cannabis
Medical grade cannabis 
going for esa medical next week help
What to take for pain? I am on 60mg codeine and 2x500mg paracetamol 4 times a day. Struggling to get to grips with the level of pain. 
