PeterDisAbelard. said...
For purposes of this Forum marijuana is a medical drug. Buddy is right that it is not an entirely safe drug. On the other hand there are no safe drugs. Both aspirin and acetaminophen will kill you with the wrong dose.
How very true. My wife needs higher doses of prescript
ion NSAIDS for her chronic pain, but she can't take the prescribed dose because it just destroys her stomach. And the same risk applies to OTC NSAIDS(such as ibuprophen, etc) that people take by the millions, as the only thing that keeps them from taking more than the recommended dose( i.e. giving themselves a prescript
ion dose rather than the lower OTC dose) is their good sense and or discipline.
I think this is from the UK, but exactly the same here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc4809680/Somebody said...
Preventable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are responsible for 10% of hospital admissions in older people at a cost of around £800 million annually. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are responsible for 30% of hospital admissions for ADRs, mainly due to bleeding, heart attack, stroke, and renal damage.1 In primary care 6% of patients prescribed NSAIDs reconsulted their GP with a potential ADR over the next 2 months. ................................................From the first day of use, all NSAIDs increase the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, myocardial infarction, and stroke........................The risk of bleeding and of cardiovascular events is considerably higher in older people, of whom many take medicines known to interact with NSAIDs....................NSAID use in patients aged >65 years more than doubles the risk of acute kidney injury in the next 30 days.3
NSAIDs can precipitate bronchospasm and 5–10% of adult patients with asthma will have an acute deterioration in symptoms after taking NSAIDs.4 NSAIDs are also associated with a rise in HbA1c in type 2 diabetes..................Bleeding is the better-known consequence with all types of NSAID use. Non-selective NSAIDs increase the risk of a GI bleed 4-fold, whereas COX-2 inhibitors increase this risk 3-fold. Co-prescription of NSAIDs with corticosteroids increases bleeding risk 12-fold, spironolactone 11-fold, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) 7-fold.5 GI bleeds while taking NSAIDs are more likely to be fatal, with a mortality of 21%, whereas in patients not taking NSAIDs it is 7%..............
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mattam said...
"Substituting grass for opioids for chronic pain patients doesn't work."
My sister lost her pain medication script because of the opioid hysteria. Her only alternative was to use MM, which she reports does a good job controlling her chronic pain.
BTW, I think we hear your view on marijuana. Beating it into the ground won't make it any clearer.
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Well, that is great to hear! I'm glad that helped! My wife has tried CBD(no THC ) with no help, and even if THC was legal here she won't betaking it because she has so many reactions to so many different drugs, well it is just a long story, and not a good one. They have not offered her any opioids, but she probably won't take them if the did, not quite yet anyway.
Post Edited (BillyBob@388) : 12/17/2019 9:08:55 PM (GMT-7)