Weed vs. Marinol

[special_kid]

i take a good amount of opiate based substances because of legit medical conditions (acute crones and arthritis). anyway, the opiate based pills do a pretty good job of relieving pain, but the problem that remains is i have almost no appetite because anytime i eat i get severe stomach pains and basically the food goes right through me (very little digestion, very little nutrients absorbed). so basically, i fear eating because it causes so much trouble for me. when i take the opiate based pills, they help a very little with increasing my appetite, they help a little with the food staying in my digestive system, and very mildly relieve the pain.
However, when i smoke weed on top of taking the pills, i get a true appetite and really want to eat. and when i do eat, the food actually stays in my system for a normal amount of time (i don't have to run to the bathroom after 2 minutes) and i feel very little pain.
the problem is, i really, really, don't like smoking that much, and for obvious reasons i can't just carry a bong (or whateva) around with me everywhere. it's not like someone says, "let's go out or let's go eat," and i say fine, i'm just going to have to bring a bowl into the mall or into a restaurant and light it up over a big mac. But if i had a pill that would do the same thing, it would be no problem, i could just pop it anywhere before or when i eat.
so here are some questions, i have never tried Marinol so i don't know how the effects compare to KB? does marinol produce the same effect that smoking weed does and would it have a similer effect on me. do you think marinol is strong enough that it would work as a substitute for smoking? do you know how many milligrams is roughly equivalent to smoking KB? and last but not least, do you think a doctor, whom i know very well (since i've been into his office so much and probably payed for an extra wing on his house for all the bills), would prescribe marinol if i explained the situation (i haven't told him i smoke and have i not told him the effects that smoking has on me)?
i would appreciate any info on how marinol (even in high doses) compares to good weed, and/or any suggestions on what i should do.
peace and
thanks a lot

 

[FordPrefect]

Marinol is super weak. If you smoke mj at all you probably wont get anything out of it...I mean nothing.

 

[DrEIMiller]

From my one personal experience with marinol I'd say stick with smoking the weed. I took two marinol pills (little brown balls) and they didn't make me really high at all and they actually caused me stomach pains.
The problem with eating weed over smoking weed for conditions similar to yours is that if your body is having nausea, eating thc seems a bit counterintuitive to solving the problem. I'm not even sure THC is shown to have the same munchie effects that smoking pot has.
Good luck.

 

[CrackerWheat]

I thought marinol was developed specifically to give people an appetite without making them high ?

 

[acid_raver]

alright heres what you do next time you eat, roll up a thin joint with another person and sit down in the smoking section with an eye on all entrances, etc. Light up the joint when your food is about ready to come and smoke it semi-fast, don't worry about anything if the manager isnt there, once you get done you have nothing on you, all the weed has been smoked, etc, remember to not bring your stash in, or in the car for that matter. If you see cops coming in just put out the joint and swallow it, theres no way to tell, haha youre better than everyone now, dont you feel like a king to be able to smoke in public?

 

[PhreeX]

People think that marinol is "pot in a cap" andtgat you eat it then get stoned - this is not the case.. it works as an anti-nausea agent and will give you your apetitie back (to a certin degree ..) .. it WONT GET YOU HIGH!
Most people that take it agree marijuana is much better...
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