I do not know anything about weed, so I am a little stupid on the subject, but if you take it as a medicine is it still inhaled like a cigarette? And if so, isn't that very dangerous to lung health?? Sorry if that is a stupid question.

While I do not know much about weed, I cant imagine it is much worse than all these drugs being shoved down our throats, but I would not want to inhale smoke and cause more problems.

It can be but doesn't have to be. It can be gotten into the body in any way/method something can be gotten into the body—inhaled, eaten, drunk, sublingual, suppository, injected, transdermal....

Two recent threads here.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread193628.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread194448.html

Doc

This is very interesting topic. Like others here, I'd very much like to hear how you go with this.

I for one don't care whether pot is legal or not here, if it works I'd take it regardless. That said, small personal quantities are usually considered ok by our law enforcement, they turn a blind eye.

Mother Nature provided pot, no doubt for medicinal purposes.

I had the same concerns as Stacey re: smoke impacting lungs. Wondering if a few hash cookies with morning tea would do the trick.

Looking forward to hearing how this goes.

I live in a state where it is legal. I never smoked cigarettes or weed before. I bought a pocket vaporizer and tried different strains of weed and it has done nothing. I tried the juice and it made me sick. I was using gummy bears with THC and I was so sick that I passed out onto the floor. So be careful especially with edibles. They can be dangerous. They also didn't do anything for my burning.

Interesting. Thanks for your post.

Did you try low-THC CBD oil? High THC levels will just get you high and not necessarily relieve your neuropathic pain.

Sounds more like Lyrica to me.

I am no expert but it sounds like you may not have tried a high CBD strain which must be specifically sought out since most strains are high in THC and typically contain low or no CBD (if that is the case, then you were probably just getting high).

Cannibis is a powerful drug and if you decide to try it (legally in 22 states so far), you must absolutely be careful, just as you said and determine what works, the best dosage and where you source it.

One method that I have found is using a vaporizer. I have seen many videos on you tube and the effects are incredible. I have been diagnosed with polyneruopothy and I use cannabis for medicinal purposes only. I have not been given any pills or help my my neuro (who can't seem to figure out what is going on). I can say that in my personal experience it has helped huge. It doesn't harm my lungs because vapor is different than smoke. I do get a bit of a high but that can be changed if you ingest the cannabis. cannabis has been seriously misunderstood. The only side effect I can report is hunger afterwards. It helps with my muscle spasms though, only this that does.

It may not be as bad as smoke, but that's not the same as "doesn't harm"—the jury's still out on that.

Also, not all vaporizers are created equal. Are you using the type that heats plant material to a temperature that the cannabinoids are released, or the e-cig type that uses some type of solvent?

As I understand it, some (perhaps not all—don't know) of the e-cig type use the same kinds of solvents (e.g. glycerin, propylene glycol, and others) used for nicotine delivery.

Carbonyl Compounds in Electronic Cigarette Vapors-Effects of Nicotine Solvent and Battery Output Voltage.

Health risks of e-cigarettes emerge

e-cig solvents medical marijuana

Bottom line: make sure you know what you're inhaling.

Doc

I too have had positive results with Cannabis. It does not cure NP but in my experience, it helps much more than Lyrica or Gabapentin and with fewer side effects.