For those of you who have tried medical MJ for chronic pain, would you share it's effectiveness for you personally. I live in the USA, in a state where it is allowed
YET,
When I asked my pain doc if I could try it, he said he can only script it for the conditions Allowed in the bill.(see below). My doc apologized and suggested I contact my senators asking them to get chronic pain added to the list. Honestly, it would be easier to get illegally.

Do any of you live in a state where it IS allowed for chronic pain?

Thanks, wishing you all a low pain day.
D.

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
Cachexia
Cancer
Crohn's disease
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Intractable spasticity
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson's Disease
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Other medical conditions may be approved by the Department of Consumer Protection

I live in a state where it is about to be approved. However, the conditions you list are what they will allow. Actually there are eight conditions for us. Nothing else. True in some other states as well.

Why does it have to be so damn hard, how many hoops to we have to haul ourselves through to prove we are in pain and it is debilitating.

I am from Ontario, Canada, and here they allow medical marihuana. I have thought about it for my chronic pain, but just waiting in the hope that I might get fixed but not happened yet, so likely I might end up medical marihuana at some point. Here the conditions they allow for are


Medical Conditions That May Benefit from Medical Marijuana
Multiple Sclerosis
Spinal Cord Injury/Disease
Cancer
HIV/AIDS
Severe Arthritis
Epilepsy
ADD/ADHD
Eating Disorders
Arthritis
Auto Accident(s)
Alzheimer’s Disease
Brain Injury
Chronic Pain
Chronic Nausea
Colitis
Crohn’s Disease
Kidney Failure/Dialysis
Fibromyalgia
Irritable Bowl Syndrome
Migraines
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscle Spasms
Parkinson’s Disease
Sleep Disorders
Anxiety
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Hepatitis C
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Back & Neck Problems
Depression
Sexual Dysfunction

Here are the conditions for which use is allowed in the UK:

NONE!

Often debated, but the POLITICAL Concensus is that people may enjoy it

Opiates and hallucinatory Ketamine are fine

Dave.

Well I can tell-ya first hand Yes. It works. I'm an old burn out and used to do it as a kid, daily up until I was about 30 yrs old. Haven't done it in about 20 yrs until I met someone that was suffering from a Brain tumor and she smoked daily, because of suffering from Seizures. Smoking pot, for her worked to bring her Episodes down to about only 1 a month.
Anyways I'm a Chronic pain sufferer for over 10yrs now and have used opioid therapy to control my pain and to only bring it to an acceptable level.
I did smoke some and first off weed is a lot stronger now. A lot stronger. It works and works differently, than say taking a few pills, but still works
Here is a link to the lists of problems one has to have in Illinois to get the card
Well it was from Illinois.gov
Qualifying Debilitating Medical Conditions
What debilitating medical conditions make a patient eligible for the program?
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Agitation of Alzheimer's disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Arnold-Chiari malformation and Syringomelia
• Cachexia/wasting syndrome
• Cancer
• Causalgia
• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
• Crohn's disease
• CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)
• Dystonia
• Fibromyalgia (severe)
• Fibrous dysplasia
• Glaucoma
• Hepatitis C
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Hydrocephalus
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Lupus
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular dystrophy
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myoclonus
• Nail-patella syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis
• Parkinson's disease
• Post-concussion syndrome
• RSD (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I)
• Residual limb pain
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Page 6
State of Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy (Starting January 1, 2015)
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Spinal cord disease, including, but not limited to, arachnoiditis, Tarlov cysts, hydromyelia, syringomyelia
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
• Tourette’s syndrome
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Seems to be a longer list than most I've seen here and Aw ya the stuff cost a lot.

oh Dave

so sweetly said

who wouldn't want to be high on life

you may see my anger in a different forum

it helps
it helps

a person never used ever cannabis

but will be put on opiates without a patients consent
there should be alternatives for anyone having surgery and then put on pain pills

SHAME ON THIS STOLEN COUNTRY
RATHER TURN TO INDIANS PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR GOVERNORS
it helps my epileptic daughter
and any drug is a gateway

THE TRAGEDY INFLICTED NOT ONLY BY THE PHYSICIAN
INDUCED ADDICT
I RIPS FAMILIES APART


note very few take their OATH NOT TO HARM SERIOUSLY AND THAT MEANS STEALING ALSO
THE ONES THAT ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY
I KNOW FIRST HAND

NEUROSURGEON BOTCHED SECOND SURGERY

AND THEN BOTCHED BREAST RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
EYES DO NOT LIE

then the politicians
i am ashamed of the politicians we vote into office
i never would have campaigned as i did for the now mayor and special senetors seat in trenton
a snake in the end
am always keeping him in the truth

a snake

i can say it
because i see it
i was in it
ashamed

oh are there stories about ones character
when in politics
me

You should definitely give it a try. The doses are low and controlled. What do you have to lose?

I personally think God (or who ever you believe in) is looking down at us laughing. Most drugs are derived from plants. The plant is here to help us. I have tried percocet, oxy, morphine, lyrica, gabba, opana, savella, amitrip, fentynal....I could go on and on. Then one day an old lady came up to me in the gym (I was crying) she asked me if I had ever tried marijuana? I thought HOW stupid am I? It took me several months to find what worked best for me. They have so much to offer, sprays, edibles, smoke etc. I finally found a chocolate bar that helps sooo much.
To describe it is ..it makes me feel fluffy. Not stoned. Its like I dont give a crap that I have this disease. I can totally function and with a better attitude. It takes away my icky anxiety, nervousness, my brain calms down , nausea is so much better.
I went to my PC and asked if I could get Marinol a synthetic marijuana pill that helps cancer patients . It helped but I had to take 5 pills or 25mg which still isnt much but any help was great. Then she cut me off. That isnt right. When I finally found something that helped especially along with a small piece of chocolate and then to be told you cant have that? Yes I'm angry. I told my doc which is better for me Morpine or a piece of chocolate.
If you all havent watched Sanja Gupta's documentary called "Weed" you should. The CBD properties in the MJ can do miracles.
It honestly has kept me alive.

smile and try to bring some happiness into your life

Shelbie....You Should be angry for being cut off of from the one thing that was helping. I hope you can find an alternative source. Thanks for the advice to see the documentary "Weed". I am also just learning about cannabis oil for curing cancer...google Rick Simpson oil.

Thanks
Diandra