By Debi Wimberley, Certified Cannabis Educator and Founder of the Effective Cannabis Newsletter. Updated March 3, 2025 This is a tribute to all who live in chronic pain. You are important, and you matter. It is also a celebration of all who have learned how to manage their pain with medical Cannabis. Today for the …
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Updated February 1, 2023. Is Cannabis giving my lungs life? Never could I have imagined, nor did I think, it was possible, and definitely not with my diagnosis. I was living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (1) and Mac Lung Disease (2), which made me struggle for every breath with zero quality of life. To …
Updated July 7, 2024 When I was medically forced off opioids, it was as if someone pushed me out into a tornado and there was nothing I could do but hope the storm ends. Hopefully, my experience will bring the necessary attention to the ongoing lack of treatment and understanding of chronic pain. To emphasize, …
Today we go on the inside of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and opioids for our inaugural Effective Cannabis (EC) Pain blog post. We will discuss topics relevant to the current treatment of chronic pain, opioids, and Cannabis in today’s rapidly changing medical landscape for chronic pain patients. Expressly bringing the necessary attention to promote …
As a Pharmacist living with MS, medical cannabis has helped me with spasticity, pain, and sleep along with many other things. I have wondered how Cannabis interacts with other medications and come to find out cannabinoids (THC and CBD) is metabolized by the Cytochrome P450 system, specifically the CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP3A4 and CYP1A2. THC and …