Being a doctor, I was always looking for safer ways for my patients to handle their pain.
Too often I have had patients come into my office wanting a new prescription for painkillers when I knew their pain had to be under control.
It doesn’t take eight weeks for surgical pain to go away if you’re doing your physical therapy as you’re told. I knew there had to be a way to control pain that didn’t involve narcotics. I heard a lot of hype about medical marijuana and how it could be an alternative to addictive narcotics, and I did my research. They hadn’t yet implemented the law for legal, medical marijuana, but it was to be done by the end of the year. I heard there was a way for doctors to get certified so they could be a member of the organization that can qualify patients for medical marijuana. I found out that medical marijuana can do what pain pills can not do. Pain pills only mask the pain to help you through it. Medical marijuana can relax the body so the pain isn’t your focus. This allows you to move more easily and get more progress in your healing. Some people need long-term pain medicine, but others only need it temporarily. In those cases, a doctor may suggest a regimen of CBD therapy instead of medical marijuana. You can find CBD in most pharmacies, but I would not recommend purchasing it in a convenience store. I like being a pain doctor, but I enjoy knowing I can help my patients with natural forms of pain relief, like medical marijuana and CBD, than putting needles into someone’s body.