What are your feelings about the use of medical marijuana to treat arthritis pain?
I ask because my father was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis about 15 years ago, and his doctor originally prescribed him with opioids to treat the pain. He had some bad side effects to the medication such as falling asleep at the wheel and various instances of sleep-walking, and for a time had to use a wheelchair because the medication wasn't helping the pain enough. Eventually he got his medical marijuana license and begun replacing the opioids with it until he stopped taking them altogether. He now takes Humira regularly as well as using medical marijuana for the pain and is in the best condition he's been in since years before his diagnosis.
Do you think medical marijuana can be a more healthy option for treating pain, or is it more likely that the Humira is just suppressing it enough to where the pain doesn't bother him as much?
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What are your feelings about the use of medical marijuana to treat arthritis pain?
I ask because my father was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis about 15 years ago, and his doctor originally prescribed him with opioids to treat the pain. He had some bad side effects to the medication such as falling asleep at the wheel and various instances of sleep-walking, and for a time had to use a wheelchair because the medication wasn't helping the pain enough. Eventually he got his medical marijuana license and begun replacing the opioids with it until he stopped taking them altogether. He now takes Humira regularly as well as using medical marijuana for the pain and is in the best condition he's been in since years before his diagnosis.
Do you think medical marijuana can be a more healthy option for treating pain, or is it more likely that the Humira is just suppressing it enough to where the pain doesn't bother him as much?
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