Re: Updated List of Q's for Doc's/Marijuana

[Guest guest]

Hi, all! I know marijuana is illegal, but I did have a doctor ask me/advise me

to try it. To be honest, I'm not sure if he intended it to be in " pill " form or

not since he said it might be cheaper to find it on my own. In any case, the

way he explained it/advised it is that marijuana could help stimulate my

appetite (I'm down to 97 pounds since getting PSC) and help to relieve a lot of

the pain I'm in. He strongly encouraged me to think about it and get back to

him. I'm not really a drugs kind of girl (ironic, I know, considering I take

50+ pills a day), so I haven't done anything about it, but I thought I'd share

that it was recommended by a doctor as a course of treatment so it may be worth

leaving it on the question list.

That's my two cents for what they're worth!

Sandi in VA

[Guest guest]

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but I did have a doctor ask me/advise me

to try it.

There were a lot of articles on the use of medical marijuana at the time

of this man’s death. Here is

just one….

Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

The University of Washington Medical Center

denied 56-year-old Garon’s request for a transplant because he

used medical marijuana for the relief of symptoms of

hepatitis C. The man, whose disease

has brought him in the worst shape ever (his body is skeleton-like and his

abdomen is swollen as if he were eight months pregnant), simply can’t understand why he was denied a place on the

transplant waiting list.

Under federal law, marijuana is illegal. Some

hospitals automatically reject people who use

“illicit substances” even if the states allow it. Others,

instead give patients a chance to reapply for a transplant if they stay clean

for six months.

Garon, was prescribed marijuana for nausea,

abdominal pain and to stimulate his appetite by Seattle physician, Dr. Brad

Roter who said he had no idea it would turn against his patient in case he

needed a transplant.

According to pro-marijuana groups, there were several cases of such patients

who were denied transplant because they used medical

marijuana.

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Patient_Denied_Liver_Transplant_Due_to_Medical_Marijuana_Use_16913.html

Barb in

Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007

@ Baylor/Dallas

[Guest guest]

-----Original

Message-----

but I did have a doctor ask me/advise me

to try it.

There were a lot of articles on the use of medical marijuana at the time

of this man’s death. Here is

just one….

Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

The University of Washington Medical Center

denied 56-year-old Garon’s request for a transplant because he

used medical marijuana for the relief of symptoms of

hepatitis C. The man, whose disease

has brought him in the worst shape ever (his body is skeleton-like and his

abdomen is swollen as if he were eight months pregnant), simply can’t understand why he was denied a place on the

transplant waiting list.

Under federal law, marijuana is illegal. Some

hospitals automatically reject people who use

“illicit substances” even if the states allow it. Others,

instead give patients a chance to reapply for a transplant if they stay clean

for six months.

Garon, was prescribed marijuana for nausea,

abdominal pain and to stimulate his appetite by Seattle physician, Dr. Brad

Roter who said he had no idea it would turn against his patient in case he

needed a transplant.

According to pro-marijuana groups, there were several cases of such patients

who were denied transplant because they used medical

marijuana.

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Patient_Denied_Liver_Transplant_Due_to_Medical_Marijuana_Use_16913.html

Barb in

Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007

@ Baylor/Dallas

[Guest guest]

-----Original

Message-----

but I did have a doctor ask me/advise me

to try it.

There were a lot of articles on the use of medical marijuana at the time

of this man’s death. Here is

just one….

Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

The University of Washington Medical Center

denied 56-year-old Garon’s request for a transplant because he

used medical marijuana for the relief of symptoms of

hepatitis C. The man, whose disease

has brought him in the worst shape ever (his body is skeleton-like and his

abdomen is swollen as if he were eight months pregnant), simply can’t understand why he was denied a place on the

transplant waiting list.

Under federal law, marijuana is illegal. Some

hospitals automatically reject people who use

“illicit substances” even if the states allow it. Others,

instead give patients a chance to reapply for a transplant if they stay clean

for six months.

Garon, was prescribed marijuana for nausea,

abdominal pain and to stimulate his appetite by Seattle physician, Dr. Brad

Roter who said he had no idea it would turn against his patient in case he

needed a transplant.

According to pro-marijuana groups, there were several cases of such patients

who were denied transplant because they used medical

marijuana.

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Patient_Denied_Liver_Transplant_Due_to_Medical_Marijuana_Use_16913.html

Barb in

Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007

@ Baylor/Dallas