Thank you for taking the time to do this AMA. So I know someone who has scoliosis, arthritis, chronic pain, etc. Lets call her jenny(not real name). Jenny has been going to a pain clinic in a non legalized (but medical) state. They found cannabis in her blood work and refused to renew her script for opiates and said the reason being, "a known interaction between the two that makes it unsafe in combination." They refused to give her a prescription unless jenny has no Cannabis in her system.
My questions:
What is the interaction between opiates and cannabis if there is one? If there isn't a known dangerous interaction, is this a political move by the pain clinic to cover their arse?
It seems silly to me that a "pain clinic" would be so against the use of cannabis, and I have suggested she go to another clinic.
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Thank you for taking the time to do this AMA. So I know someone who has scoliosis, arthritis, chronic pain, etc. Lets call her jenny(not real name). Jenny has been going to a pain clinic in a non legalized (but medical) state. They found cannabis in her blood work and refused to renew her script for opiates and said the reason being, "a known interaction between the two that makes it unsafe in combination." They refused to give her a prescription unless jenny has no Cannabis in her system.
My questions: What is the interaction between opiates and cannabis if there is one? If there isn't a known dangerous interaction, is this a political move by the pain clinic to cover their arse? It seems silly to me that a "pain clinic" would be so against the use of cannabis, and I have suggested she go to another clinic.
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