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Old Dec 08, 2013, 11:36 PM
Anonymous37913
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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster View Post
Your state is not listed, so I cannot tell whether you have access to legal medicinal marijuana, but if you do, it is most definitely a better option than Tylenol, which, as you said, quickly becomes liver-toxic. Plus, Tylenol simply isn't as effective as NSAIDs, so it is not a valid alternative both effectiveness-wise and toxicity-wise.
I never liked smoking marijuana so I don't think I would liked medical marijuana at all, even in tablet form. As an epileptic, I could never tolerate any medications / drugs that affected my mind. The effects of smoking marijuana lasted for days in the form of paranoia and general spaciness. And, I can't say it improved my mood either. I want to deal with pain and do not want to be high on a daily basis. For me, Tylenol is a much better option.

I am leaning in the direction of cancelling my appointment with my current neurologist and finding a new one. The current neurologist was better than my previous ones who had me changing meds on a monthly basis. At least the current one would wean me off one med before starting another so that I could get an accurate assessment of whether it was working.