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I do understand what you are saying and realize the difference between opinions and evidence based medicine. But what I am saying is that even "evidence based medicine" is subject to various opinions and thus, you can have discussions involving the two. That's one reason why you can end u...

this may be an impossibility, but should someone know of a practicing physician in Canada that would write me a script please pm me. Just wanted to apologize to the poster of this topic for the digression. There is no use or purpose for the type of discussion and debate. I frankly am only intereste...

Yes, researchers are fully aware of this and that is why a single study is never "proof" of anything. (non-scientists sometimes believe that it is, but this is certainly not the case). Well, how many studies have there been on the DMDs? Too many to count. Yet Dr. P.O. Behan's interpretati...

Yes, researchers are fully aware of this and that is why a single study is never "proof" of anything. (non-scientists sometimes believe that it is, but this is certainly not the case). Well, how many studies have there been on the DMDs? Too many to count. Yet Dr. P.O. Behan's interpretati...

The debate you suggested, as interesting as it would be, would never get anywhere because it will be opinion versus evidence... can't be compared. If evidence was always correct, then I would agree with you. But in the real world this doesn't happen. One only has to look at opposing researchers loo...

Having a "medical debate" that is based on personal experiences and opinions has no meaning to me. Then participating on this board may be difficult for you since a lot of posts are based on personal experiences and opinions. Harry I never suggested they were not based on personal experie...

Willowford, I don't think this thread is the place to continue another verbal debate between us. I initially responded in order to help a person who wanted to try Sativex but because of his circumstances wasn't able to do so. I offered a possible yet knowingly difficult route for him because of his...

@harryz Your experiences are valuable and important. And I'm sure many people appreciate them. As you know, the only way to get true answers is from objective controlled trials of every medication to observe the effects in a large number of patients. That is the only way the results can be generaliz...

It is not a new drug like Willowford stated but has been available in Canada for over 6 years. From what I have read on the net, Marinol has been stated pretty much as useless by MS patients who have tried it. It uses a synthetic substance and thus the poor results. As always HarryZ, I enjoy how an...

jimmylegs wrote:Yes. But we digress. If you start an anemia thread let's chat on that

Very true. Back to the original topic

Let me understand this...it is available through my family doc and could be obtained in the detroit area?! I appreciate everyones help sincerely but thought the US FDA had not approved this! To my knowledge, there are cannabis-based medicines in US available through prescription. Sativex is relativ...

Agree. I used to have testing done regularly, usually for ferritin and cobalamin, when I was a vegan. But I didn't even know to ask for a zinc test and I pretty much never got any testing other than what I learned of, researched, and asked for myself. On that note, now I know that the ferritin and ...

30 MINUTES FROM WINDSOR... I'd probably try to get the phone number of a Walk-In clinic in Windsor and call them to explain your situation. Harry Definitely the pre-planning is great advice. But I can assure you that walk-in clinics in Canada would be the last place to prescribe controlled drugs (w...

my neuro is all about major drugs and thats about it..Not sure of a neuro in the area that would prescribe me the sativex.... You're very close to Windsor! But given that you're not a Canadian resident, it's highly unlikely that a Canadian doctor would prescribe a long-term drug to you (I don't eve...

this may be an impossibility, but should someone know of a practicing physician in Canada that would write me a script please pm me. Sorry, I wish I had a name. I work with MS patients in Canada - and several have the prescription. Try looking into "pro-MJ" sites, sometimes they have list...