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Pain Relief in the form of legally prescribed medicinal cannabis

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Marydoll Wed 17-Jul-24 22:38:30

Sorry Cossy, I missed the part about you having attended the pain clinic.

Did they not offer an alternative at the pain clinic.? The problem is that many pain relieving medications are addictive. However, you get to a point where you will do anything to get even a smidgen of relief, addictive or not.

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Marydoll Wed 17-Jul-24 22:33:14

Cossy have you never been referred to an NHS pain clinic? I have R.A and various other conditions, which cause chronic pain. Nothing worked, including morphine. It was a turning point for me, when I was referred by my rheumatologist to a pain clinic. In addition, I am on biologics, which also help dampen the pain.

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paddyann54 Wed 17-Jul-24 22:08:22

I,d be interested to find out more about this if you wouldn,t mind .My daughter has multiple chronic pain conditions ,fibromyalgia and ehlers daners{sp} amongst them.She has morphine at home and has attempted to be prescribed cannabis.She knows it works as a neighbour used to use it and offered her some on several occasions.Sadly she has moved hundreds of miles away.Can you perhaps msg me with the clinic details and how you were referred?It would be greatly appreciated

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Cossy Wed 17-Jul-24 19:49:07

I have chronic pain, from Fibromyalgia, widespread osteo-arthritis, degenerative discs and muscle atrophy.

I’ve been in chronic pain for over 20 years now and the only thing I found that worked in reducing pain was last year when my GP finally gave me some morphine patches. I’ve tried lots of oral pain relief, which either didn’t work or gave me chronic constipation and nausea

However following a consultation with both the pain clinic and the consultant rheumatologist my GP withdrew my patches

Almost in desperation I have turned to a legally register medicinal cannabis clinic, who have thoroughly assessed me and contacted my GP and I’ve been accepted on a private clinical trial for pain relief from medicinal cannabis (in the form of an oil, drop under tongue.

My question is “is there anyone on here who has followed this route” I must admit to being a little nervous.

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