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In reply to the discussion: Cannabis use increases pain after surgery, study shows [View all]GoodRaisin
(10,749 posts)26. I don't care. I've already heard it doesn't work for everybody. Fine.
Just allow me the freedom to try it on my own chronic pain if I want to. We dont have that freedom in North Carolina.
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Okay but this is only about surgical pain in the 24 hours after surgery; the pain you get from the
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2022
#2
yes, cannabis is not an effective painkiller for scapel cwounds and messing around inside a person.
ZonkerHarris
Oct 2022
#27
You are arguing from a sample size of 1 here, your experience is basically anecdotal
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#51
Cannabis can be used in combination with pain pills in order manage pain...it can be very effective.
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#53
Opioids make me feel in a bubble - half here/half not, not asleep/not awake.
marble falls
Oct 2022
#32
That's me, too. Pot doesn't cover up the pain, it just makes it acceptable and ignorable ...
marble falls
Oct 2022
#65
This is a coffee clache discussion. Anecdotes are evidence - everything starts as an anecdote.
marble falls
Oct 2022
#33
Actually, that's not true. One group made a study and had some conclusions which they've published..
marble falls
Oct 2022
#41
Did you read about the experiment? It is complete nonsense. There is no way to take a diverse
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#54
I would like to know what those elective surgeries were. When I split my face open all I used for
in2herbs
Oct 2022
#21
Didn't study me. My VA Doc did not tell me to quit. She likes not having to write me pain scripts.
marble falls
Oct 2022
#23
It works for my husband and he has chronic pain. We live in Ohio and have a medical card.
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#50
Really hope anti-cannabis policies aren't intended to stock private prisons.
GoodRaisin
Oct 2022
#61
My husband had spinal surgury and has neuropathy. He has had four surgeries in the las three
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#49
Thank you for posting this truth, from someone living with the same spinal issues
GoodRaisin
Oct 2022
#60
The study is bullshit too...how do you measure pain after elective surgury for God's sake.
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#52