Ive been taking opiods foe R.A. pain for over 10 years . Does cannabis effectively elim pain, if so which strains? Thx.
i have a seronegative spondoapathy autoimmune disorder, which causes other AUD /O's, mimics other diseases, and causes various cancers/tumors.
the now primary AUD/O is Ankylosing Spondylitis, my WBC'S, as yours are attacking our ligaments. marijuana regulates WBC's, and is my secondary antinflamstory medication.
i also take a TNF-PainBlocker; Humira, every ten days. the humira is extremely carcinogenic, but so am i... it takes care of a majority of the inflammation, annnd cytokynes, mmj handles the rest, besides stretching etc. to an amazingly manageable extent. seriously.
if you haven't tried it, my god please do.
there is a lot to learn as fat as strains, and methods of ingestion are concerned, but edibles firstly, hash, and then all the marijuana.
i dont expect you to really remember or make much sense of this list, but some are bound to stick.
first off id try either;
~White Widow
~White Rhino
AK47
~OG Kush
Kush in general
~BlueBerry, or a "blue" hybrid, ive grown many BB, but it can be overwhelmingly sedative, so some with a boost of Sativa is kind.
any strain developed by the breeder DJ Short(Flo, VanillaLuna, BB, CoCoKush) will serve you well.
another breeder to read about is "Mr.Nice", all his stuff is excellent medicine, the standards (?)
~Soma also, any of his more indica dominant bud is top, Lavender is excellent and common.
Purple Urkle
~Train Wreck
Head Band
Black Dominia
Op~Northern Lights
~Juicy Fruit
Buba strains
~Grand Daddy
Green Martian
Green/Purple Crack
~Romulan
Night Shade
~God Bud
Purple Haze

Chemo
StrawBerry Cough
Block Head
~G13
Lemon Haze worked well for a sativa dominant
Alaskan Thunder Fuck ATF
Manatuska Thunder
Oithere are so many, and they are all different, and different to each if us.
these are all near 60% indica & 40% sativa strains that ive tried, and were notable,,, and are generally available in most mmj dispenseries/communities. the popularity, and better genetics depend alot on where you live. colorado, rhode island, california, washington/oregon/n. cali, and vancouver all each have there standards, grow methods, and specialties if you will.
some stuff may have a distinctive taste that bothers you overtime, or have a low "ceiling" and become useless medicinally for you after half the day.
i would love to chat more with you about your symptoms, expectancies, experience with other meds/drugs, anemia, leukocytosis, rheumatoid fever, being run down from opioids, metabolism, the peace brought growing your mmj, topical alternatives,,, briefly.
finding a good motivated empathetic caregiver takes time, but happens, i still depend on myself but, found a thoughtful caregiver i may stay loyal to. he just so happens to have five of the seven strains that came from clones i provided a previous client with...

hah!
so with him, it seems meant to be in a round about way.
the dispenseries can seem like life savers, once they opened in seattle, my life seriously became something i could actually naturally enjoy, with out having to fill my self with affirmations, repeated mantras, opioids, and intense will to take a 45 minute car ride to walk in the snow, in the mountains, in shorts, in august... have sex more comfortably,

, water the yard, to have the release from nausea, pain, and apathy to actually tend to my mmj to help fight this further.
you know the daily,
grind,
fire &
fight while addressing the problem, safely, and comfortably doing physical therapy and eating well, taking less opioids eventually and other lesser antinflamstories/NSAIDS (yikes).
its the real damn deal for autoimmune-disorders, cancer, inflammation, neuropathic, phantom pain, nausea and on.
marijuana had been studied and researched more then any other plant,,, and has been
recorded for use to treat RA specifically, with successes in asia back to 500BC. that should say enough in its self alone to try it out.
the benefits could far out way any consequences as far as your physical health, and possible mental peace and patience is concerned.