Hi all, Sativex has been approved by Health Canada for neuropathy associated with MS. Because of this stipulation some insurance companies will cover its off label use for other kinds of neuropathy and some won't. Mine unfortunately will not, inspite of a very detailed letter from my pain specialist who is well known in his field. I have arachnoiditis as well and along with this central pain syndrome and neuropathy.

He did encourage me to buy one pump to see if it was effective 185$, will last about 2 weeks a bit more. I found it helps as I also have severe muscle wasting, nausea and lack of appetite. The effects are more rapid than cessamet and marinol which by the way my insurance company will pay for and are both much more expensive than the sativex, 800$ and 600$ respectively for what I was Rx'd. So to make this long story short, we are fighting it. I am also licenced to grow and possess mj by the Goverment as arach falls into one of the qualifying diseases for medicinal purposes. The problem is the smell makes me sick.

I'm on alot of meds. I'm lucky to have a doctor willing to try anything to try and make me as comfortable as possible although it took me a long time to find this pain centre.

One thing that has helped me alot has been IV lidocaine infusions. This treatment however doesn't help everyone, has to be done in hospital, well monitored ect., lots of doctors don't believe in it.

Hoping this helps, Alye

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