Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescribed Opioids

Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by zzrg on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:44AM (#13762286)

I also have gout. Weed does help somewhat during intense flare-ups. However, NSAIDs inhibit cannabis reuptake (or something), so you can't effectively use both weed and an NSAID. And given the choice between the two, NSAIDs are much more effective for me.

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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by samcodes on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:12AM (#13764247)

Given the incredibly low toxicity of cannabis, "more cannabis" should be a working strategy here. 2x, 5x, 20x the dose until you get past the new threshold caused by NSAIDs?

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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by cmdrfred on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:13PM (#13766506)

You can only get so high. After a while more cannabis won't have an effect.

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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by M_Grey on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:09PM (#13767778)

Ever tried concentrates? You might go to sleep for a while, but "not have an effect?"

Heh.

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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by cmdrfred on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @05:18PM (#13769085)

I've tried moon rocks, edibles, concentrates, vaporizers, bongs, stream-rollers, hash, and anything else you can name. You only get so high.

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Re:Given Choice, Patients Will Choose Cannabis Over Prescrib... by M_Grey on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:26AM (#13764383)

COX2 inhibitors can, but not Advil or Aleve... maybe a weaker NSAID and stronger/more cannabis would be a good combination?

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