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Posted by CareBear04 on January 12, 2005, at 2:37:25
marijuana in a pill...
i've actually never smoked weed, but marinol came up as a suggestion (maybe not taken too seriously by either my pdoc or me) for appetite stimulation and nausea. i've heard it has good results for cancer or other really ill patients. i coudln't believe the doctor was actually suggesting it. my sister who is a med student joked that i should ask for it just a few days before.
so... has anyonen tried this? price and insurance-wise, is it hard to get? i read that it is one of the few drugs to be upgraded (downgraded?) from a schedule II controlled substance to a schedule III. i'm on stuff like adderall and percocet... can it be harder to get than those? what about tolerance or addiction? anyone know anything about this drug? thanks!
Posted by med_empowered on January 12, 2005, at 13:44:33
In reply to has anyone tried marinol?, posted by CareBear04 on January 12, 2005, at 2:37:25
Hey. I've never been RX'd Marinol, but a friend of mine was given a prescription for a time...her problem was severe depression, and she had a history of eating disorders. She complained that sometimes her pharmacy was out of it, and occasionally they gave her dirty looks when she did fill her rx, but that was about it. Altough the FDA approved it primarily b/c of cancer patients, I think psychiatrists have recognized the potential for additional applications..my shrink talked to me about it during a depressive episode...I turned it down b/c I was worried about worsening my anxiety. You might think of talking about it with your doc as a test of her/his skill and professionalism...any worthwhile doc should consider appropriate application of available meds to a given condition, especially given the incredible leeway of off-label prescribing. It shouldn't be any "harder" to get an rx for this than for any other controlled substance, and your doctor should give you an explanation of his/her reasons for prescribing it or not.
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