andyt wrote:
Freakinoldguy wrote:
Is this for arthritis? I have it in my shoulder. Sam-e seemed to work very well for it. It's also taken by people as an anti-depressant. (No presription, it's a supplement) Unfortunately the side effects were too strong for me - some stomach up set, but mostly feeling kind of out of it. But many people take it with good effect, so you might be able to as well. It's not cheap tho.
I've been taking something called Recovery from Purica (a little Duncan firm) it seems to have helped quite a bit. I can sleep thru the night and mostly have no pain unless I move my arm in a certain way. Also tumeric capsules are a good natural anti-inflammatory. Make sure they also contain pepper/cayenne because it increases the absorbtion of the turmeric a lot.
You could google all this stuff to see what you think.
For me, the doc just said take aspirin, as if I'm going to eat aspirin every day for the rest of my life.
I guess this isn't for you, but supposedly many people who have medical pot prescriptions have it for arthritis.
Arthritis with the severe creptis in my shoulder and severe degenerative disc disease and arthritis in my lower back. I was on Vioxx and Celebrex for a couple of years but they took me off them because of my stomach and put me on Arthrotec, then, like I said tried to get me on oxycontin.
When I hurt my back for the third and worst time the good doctors at the Base hospital had me eating 800 mg of Ibuprofen 3 times a day. Well, to make a long story short, my stomach is now a medical mess, I'm on Nexium and gaviscon just to keep it in check.
If it was just the arthritis the pot might work, but it've got other issues with the shoulder and back especially. It may help some people but I just can't see it working for me.
I'll never get rid of the pain in my shoulder or back completely but that doesn't bother me as long as I can function. Odd as it sounds pain is kind of like having an old friend around all the time its an aggravation but you'd miss him if he was gone.
So far the T3's keep it in under a semblance of control without bothering my stomach to much and when they stop working I guess I'll look for a different pain killer that isn't quite as addictive as oxycontin or the like and believe it or not if pots the only thing left, then pot it'll be.
Of course by that point Curtman will have got it legalized and I won't have to worry about gang ripoffs cause they'll all be wearing 3 piece suits and checking their stock portfolios.
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