pain

My mother is 90 years old in a wheel chair and suffering terribly. She has osteoarthritis. She actually has two spinal fractures in her back that they can do nothing about. She has been to three pain specialists and nothing seems to help hydromorphine, Tylenol 3 etc she is on them all. Today...

Neuropathy is a generalized term which signifies exhibited symptoms of nerve damage in human beings–neuropathic pain is one of these symptoms. Neuropathy pain arises from a wide variety of sources that all stem from nerve injury, including: "diabetes mellitus...infections, alcoholism, traumatic...

Seniors are becoming as the fastest growing segment of the marijuana industry. According to a national survey, usage among adults 65 and older is up 250 percent, while adults 50-65 have also increased usage nearly 58 percent. “I’ve generally felt that recreational drugs of any kind were no...

It's back! CBD capsules, oils and creams are once again being sold at Georgetown Market. The small natural grocer on the city's northwest side is trying to send a loud message. "We need to make a stand to let people know that we believe that CBD should be available in all 50 states," said...

A man was warned against smoking another spliff after being caught growing cannabis to combat his back pain. The message came from city magistrates who imposed a 26-week prison term, suspended for a year, on Michael Gill. They were told that 19 plants were growing in the loft of his home...

Few industries in the U.S. are growing at a quicker pace than legal marijuana. According to a fairly recent report from Marijuana Business Daily, entitled "Marijuana Business Factbook 2017," legal pot sales in the U.S. are expected to rise by about 30% in 2017 to a range of $5.1 billion to $6.1...

The NFL has made a clear indication that it may be willing to work with the NFL Players Association to study the use of marijuana as pain management, a source has confirmed to ESPN. The league wrote a letter to the NFLPA, offering to work with it to study the potential use by players as a...

It's about a mile along Division Street from Dr. Matt Layton's office on the Washington State University medical campus in Spokane to the nearest recreational marijuana store. As a private adult under Washington law, Layton could walk into that store, buy a gram of marijuana and use it...

Hi everyone, I was prescribed Fentanyl and Oxycodone for chronic pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, and arthritic joints. That was back in January 2001. Yeah, I've been on it a long time. But I've been able to stay at the same dose now for over 7 years, and that's a...

I'm wondering... For the folks living in a state that allows MMJ for chronic pain, are you able to see a MD for pain meds at the same time? As F'd up as our federal government is it wouldn't surprise me if was an either or...

A new study has investigated what patients themselves prefer when it comes to managing pain – opioids, which are widely distributed for intense pain relief, or medical marijuana. The researchers found that the patients themselves much prefer medical marijuana, and many believe it is just as...

Utah advocates for medicinal marijuana now have a major name to go along with a major fight. Sitting down with Fox 13's Bob Evans during a 3 Questions segment, Jon Huntsman Sr. didn't hold back his support. "I'm a very strong advocate for medical marijuana," Huntsman Sr. said. "I think some...

If investors want to "see green," all they've had to do over the past year is follow marijuana stocks. In most instances, companies that have a market cap in excess of $200 million have seen their share prices double or triple in value, if not more. The strong growth prospects of the legal weed...

The marijuana industry has been growing at a lightning-fast pace for years now, so it's not one bit surprising to see marijuana stock investors flocking to the "green rush." Since 2012, voters in eight states have legalized recreational marijuana, while 28 states have legalized medical...

As of July 1, several new conditions are eligible for treatment with cannabis oil, under Georgia's expanded program allowing the use of a medicine derived from marijuana. Anyone under hospice care, whether inpatient or outpatient, is eligible to be treated the cannabidiol oil, as long as a...

Every day, Kelly Patchett takes a tub of green cannabis-infused coconut butter down from her pantry. Sometimes she rubs it directly onto her aching skin. Other times she blends the butter into mashed potatoes, makes cannabis chocolates, or bath melts with essential oils and Epsom salts. When...

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission is stumbling and bumbling its way toward creating a medical marijuana system for the state, after more than four years of on-again, off-again efforts. The commission vaguely promises that it will have a workable system with licensed marijuana growers...

After a slow first year of legal marijuana use in Minnesota, thousands of new patients flooded in last summer when the program expanded to serve people suffering from intractable pain. It's been two years since the first Minnesotans picked up prescriptions for medical marijuana. The...

A new study has investigated what patients themselves prefer when it comes to managing pain — opioids, which are widely distributed for intense pain relief, or medical marijuana. The researchers found that the patients themselves much prefer medical marijuana, and many believe it is just as...

When patients have a choice between opioids and medical marijuana for a painful condition, an overwhelming majority say they prefer marijuana, that it works just as well, and has fewer side effects, a new survey finds. Though the survey, involving 2,897 medical cannabis patients, didn't track...