Breaking the law to treat patients opens an ethical can of worms.
A woman had mild polymyositis that appeared to have been exacerbated after a statin was prescribed; she became wheelchair bound and experienced chronic pain. A pain management clinic prescribed morphine, but it caused severe constipation, unsteadiness and confusion.
“She had already tried cannabis in cookies, which had provided benefit but ... she wasn’t able to smoke the herb,” Dr Katelaris says.
“I provided her with a sublingual tincture prepared from carefully selected cannabis [plants]. It led to substantial improvement and she was able to reduce her morphine dosage with its associated side effects.” (read more)
