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07-19-2017, 09:54 AM
Patients Find Freedom From Fibromyalgia Pain With Cannabis
<a class="" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/patients-find-freedom-from-fibromyalgia-pain-with-cannabis/#respond">0</a> By <span><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/author/bgoldstein/" title="Posts by Bonni Goldstein, M.D.">Bonni Goldstein, M.D.</a> </span> on <span> </span>
<span>July 18th, 2017</span>
When I first met Vicki, I connected with her right away. Comfortable in her own skin, I knew that if it werent for our professional relationship, we might have been friends. She was struggling when I met her, taking several medications and strapped financially as she had no decent health insurance to cover her pre-existing conditions after being laid off. Despite her serious medical conditions, she was very positive with a great attitude.
As a business development consultant and one of the few women in an industry dominated by men, Vicki had sought medical help 20 years earlier for intense pain in her right shoulder and neck as well as constant flu and cold symptoms. She was put on pain medication and eventually diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. She tried a number of different medications but never felt well as the medications had many unwanted side effects. She couldnt drive on the pain medication, was out of it during the day and couldnt sleep at night. She struggled with the decision to continue taking the medications and suffer the side effects or not take the medications and suffer with symptoms of her conditions. She worried that she wouldnt be able to go on....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/patients-find-freedom-from-fibromyalgia-pain-with-cannabis/">https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/patients-find-freedom-from-fibromyalgia-pain-with-cannabis/</a>
<a class="" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/patients-find-freedom-from-fibromyalgia-pain-with-cannabis/#respond">0</a> By <span><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/author/bgoldstein/" title="Posts by Bonni Goldstein, M.D.">Bonni Goldstein, M.D.</a> </span> on <span> </span>
<span>July 18th, 2017</span>
When I first met Vicki, I connected with her right away. Comfortable in her own skin, I knew that if it werent for our professional relationship, we might have been friends. She was struggling when I met her, taking several medications and strapped financially as she had no decent health insurance to cover her pre-existing conditions after being laid off. Despite her serious medical conditions, she was very positive with a great attitude.
As a business development consultant and one of the few women in an industry dominated by men, Vicki had sought medical help 20 years earlier for intense pain in her right shoulder and neck as well as constant flu and cold symptoms. She was put on pain medication and eventually diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. She tried a number of different medications but never felt well as the medications had many unwanted side effects. She couldnt drive on the pain medication, was out of it during the day and couldnt sleep at night. She struggled with the decision to continue taking the medications and suffer the side effects or not take the medications and suffer with symptoms of her conditions. She worried that she wouldnt be able to go on....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/patients-find-freedom-from-fibromyalgia-pain-with-cannabis/">https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/07/patients-find-freedom-from-fibromyalgia-pain-with-cannabis/</a>