What is a Medical Cannabis Story?

What is a Medical Cannabis Story?

Do you have a medical cannabis story to tell? Maybe the better question is what is a medical cannabis story? When you struggle with pain or illness, generally, you are looking for something that will help you improve or feel better. As a matter of fact living with one to multiple conditions for years plays .. Read More

Cannabis ….Giving My Lungs Life

Cannabis ….Giving My Lungs Life

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 .. Read More

Forced Off Opioids Living Inside the Storm

Forced Off Opioids Living Inside the Storm

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, you, family members, neighbors, .. Read More

On The Inside of CRPS and Opioids

On The Inside of CRPS and Opioids

Today we go on the inside of 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 the proper treatment of .. Read More

Learn and Share Cannabis as Medicine

Learn and Share Cannabis as Medicine

Have you been searching for information on how patients are using cannabis successfully for specific medical conditions? We hear stories about how medical marijuana could be helpful for many health conditions. Yet cannot find anyone place that is gathering all this data. Who’s tracking each medical condition, and how it reacts with cannabis. Much less .. Read More

Does Cannabis Play Nice With Other Medications?

Does Cannabis Play Nice With Other Medications?

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 cannabis (THC and CBD) is metabolized by the Cytochrome P450 system, specifically the CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP3A4 and CYP1A2. THC and .. Read More