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My dad has terminal colon cancer, and is in so much pain it's almost unbearable to watch. He takes morphine, as well as a host of other opiates, and they just aren't enough. He has informed me that he takes medical cannabis, and I was wondering; do you have any tips for him to make the cannabis more effective without him getting really stoned? He refuses to take enough to mess with his cognitive ability too much, so it doesn't do enough to stop much pain. I do not smoke cannabis, nor do I do any other drug, so I just have no way of knowing how to help him.
 
If he has access to different varieties of cannabis, he might try them and see which one gives the greatest pain relief without being too intoxicating. He might also try eating cannabis, or preparing tinctures. I imagine that dosing little and often might be a good way to get pain relief without being too high, but the best thing to do is to try different things and see which is most effective. I wish there was more I could say, but there isn't really, except that it sounds as if he's being very brave. If the medical cannabis is being obtained from a dispensary or some such, the people there should be best placed to advise. Good luck.
 
He has been very brave throughout this whole thing, but his biggest problem is he doesn't like asking about it at the dispensary. I will take a wild guess that him being raised Catholic, and trying too hard to fake not being in that much pain, tells me that it causes him to feel like a stoner again (he was for a while in his youth). But I will tell him what you said, and hopefully he will ask. Thank you for the help.
 
The people at the dispensary are there to help. They should be able to advise him on how to achieve the greatest pain relief with the least intoxication. He is ill and they are providing medicine, there is absolutely no shame in that.
 
Look you tell us your dad is on a host of opiates, even some as strong as morphine. If he is battling cancer i am certain they have him on large doses. Yet he is afraid of Cannabis taking away his cognative ability? The opiates he takes will do a far worse job of that, only they will do it more subtly because of the ingestion.

You didnt tell us how you dad currently takes cannabis or how much. I mean if he is worried about his mind being affected he can look into things like marinol which gives you some of the desired medical effects of cannabis with out the high.

One of the top reasons cannabis is used by cancer paitients who are taking all the opiates and going through chemo is to stablize their stomach and allow them to eat. MMJ's ability to help the ability of cancer patients to eat and keep their weight up is highly praised.

But yeah...I mean you need to get your dad to listen to the people at the dispensery, I mean those people will have the knowledge to help your father and are far more reliable than Bluelight. Dont get me wrong i love bluelight, but if your dad wont listen to trained professionals what makes you think he will listen to the advise of online stoners?
 
He takes his cannabis through a vaporizer, and I will tell him about marinol. It definitely helps him eat and settle his stomach. I have no idea how much he takes, as he never does it around me. I will also look into Project CBD, thanks.
 
If the dispensary sells high grade hemp oil, I would get that. It has a high cure rate for cancer and it stops pain. You eat about 1/2 a teaspoon twice daily.
 
Ask him how much he uses the vaporizer or what type it is. Also see if he knows what type of strain of cannabis he's vaporizing since some are better for pain than others are. Also keep in mind that he may not want to use drugs. I have known people who had cancer or pain issues and they did not want to use any opiates or cannabis at all.
 
Foreigner said:
If the dispensary sells high grade hemp oil, I would get that. It has a high cure rate for cancer and it stops pain. You eat about 1/2 a teaspoon twice daily.
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Do not say stuff like that to someone with out evidence to back it up. I am totally open to looking at any evidence that supports that statement. Please provide some, that or do not tell people that hemp oil has a high cancer curing rate. I am not trying to be rude but but i have only ever read a few studies that showed an actual link between Cannabis and its ability to fight off cancer, the studies were not concrete though. I certainly have never read anything which suggest types of Cannabis products can fight cancer more effectivly.

Serously provide some support for the things your saying. I advise the Original poster to not go buying any hash oil unless you see medical evidense first that supports what this user says.
 
In all reality I was only looking for pain solutions, any curing abilities are irrelevant. His cancer is late stage, and no longer treatable. He doesn't have much time left, and I simply want him to be able to enjoy what little time we have left.
 
I am very sorry to hear him, but beyond the advise given out to you, as the moderator here i do try to promote the spread of reliable information. That other user was making some pretty big claims, and what if someone else read it who has cancer, or their dad has cancer and they go tell their dad to smoke a bunch of hash oil because it not only kills cancer, but also at a high rate. It might seem silly but this is the internet and some people believe everything they read.

I am so sorry to hear about your father, I do think cannabis will atleast help put your father at ease as it seems to be doing. Do have him talk to the people at the dispencery though, they honestly know what they are talking about. They will be able to direct your father at the strains which ease pain more and have less cognative side effects. Many good vibes your way.
 
Let's be honest here: cannabis does not relieve pain, whatsoever.

But, if you must, I'd say just make sure he goes and looks for specifically heavy indica strains or strains with general strengths as an analgesic, and try to avoid heavy sativa dominants. And as others have said, low doses orally in edibles may work as well.
 
onetwo said:
Let's be honest here: cannabis does not relieve pain, whatsoever.
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Sorry if this is your experience onetwo but a lot of people do find it helpful. I know because I'm one of them. Funnily enough recently I've actually been getting a lot of relief from my knee pain using cannabis salve as well as smoked weed at night before bed. Thankfully the evidence is there in the scientific literature if you look for it, not that I'm trying to nitpick.
 
nekointheclouds said:
Do not say stuff like that to someone with out evidence to back it up. I am totally open to looking at any evidence that supports that statement. Please provide some, that or do not tell people that hemp oil has a high cancer curing rate. I am not trying to be rude but but i have only ever read a few studies that showed an actual link between Cannabis and its ability to fight off cancer, the studies were not concrete though. I certainly have never read anything which suggest types of Cannabis products can fight cancer more effectivly.

Serously provide some support for the things your saying. I advise the Original poster to not go buying any hash oil unless you see medical evidense first that supports what this user says.
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Not hash oil, hemp oil.

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psJhQHk_GI

I mainly recommend it because I know people who have used it for their own recoveries.
 
There are some strains of cannabis that give the consumer more of a body high than a mind high. Do some research, you can find out a lot about different strains by typing something along the lines of "strains of cannabis" into your Google search engine.
 
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