Posted by Larry Hoover on December 23, 2005, at 18:19:11
In reply to Re: Anybody used medical marijuana? » Larry Hoover, posted by ed_uk on December 23, 2005, at 14:28:02
> Hi Lar
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> Have you discussed Sativex with your neurologist? Would he be willing to prescribe it for you?
>
> I don't know how the licensing system works in Canada. In the UK, once a drug is licensed, doctors can prescribe it for any reason that they want to eg. they could prescribe OxyContin for diarrhea if they wanted to...... but they wouldn't LOL!
>
> EdLyrica is horrors on the memory.
If I recall correctly, it has a special license, and is only for use in MS, and only if traditional treatments have failed. Special paperwork, blah blah.
I've been researching alternative sourcing.
Lar
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