To Prasadini about medicinal marijuana

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Prasadini wrote:

 

>> ...The people I know who are/have used medical

>> marijuana are on disablilty, so they have very little money, and the pot

>> is very expensive. They have to take their doctor's prescription to the

>> marijuana "store" which may be several miles away. The whole thing is a

>> major hassle, but the drug is far superior in so many ways to Vicodin.

>> Codine,etc. I even knew a woman who was on a morphine like drug because

>> her pain was so severe. She couldn't handle the pain so she overdosed

>> and killed herself.

>>Sorry to get on a soap box here, but it seems that a hit off a joint is

>> far less risky than the alternatives. As for glamorizing - these folks

>> are quite secretive about what they are doing because they don't want to

>> get busted.

 

 

 

 

Dear Prasadini ~ I wasn't going to make any further posts on this topic, but

I thank you for your reasoned compassion. I have recently had to switch from

Darvocet (better than over the counter, but rather mild pain med) with

Vicodin as a backup for more severe or "breakthrough pain," to Vicodin as my

primary pain med (with the dosage raised from 5 mg to 7.5 mg.

I have no back-up now, and the relief I get from the Vicodin is only for

about 3 hours, and even during that time, I am not pain free. I am only supposed

to take it every six hours, which means I deal every day with severe pain, or

I dismiss the time-frame and take the next Vicodin sooner.

 

A specialist I saw recommended to my doctor changing my medication to

time-release Oxycontin (a really strong pain med) with Percoset for stronger or

break-through pain. He was well aware of the vicious cycle of a person in my

situation not having ongoing pain management and said that what many people face

is enduring severe pain until they can take the next dose of what their

doctor has prescribed, or they take the dose sooner than they are supposed to

and

face the possibility of a face-off with their doctor.My doctor was not ready

to put me on a stronger pain med, so that is why she changed my pain

management to Vicodin as the primary med.

 

I don't think anyone who hasn't lived with severe, chronic, ever single day

of your life, pain can really understand what it is like and what lengths

people will go to to stop the pain. For people with Fibromyalgia, where the

pain

becomes progressively worse, suicide is a high risk. And I am very sorry for

the woman who accidentally killed herself, and knowing what I know, I wonder

if it really was an accident.

 

Again, thank you for speaking up for us ~ Linda