Suggest Treatment For Diabetic Nerve Pain

Posted on Sat, 8 Aug 2015

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Question : I suffer from diabetic nerve pain. I am a 66 year old man. I currently am prescribed four (4) three hundred mg Gabapentin three times while awake. My diabetic nerve pain is almost crippling without Gabapentin. I have discovered that smoking cannabis sativa gives almost immediate, nearly total relief from pain and agitation. Should I continue.
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Not.Its addiction forming.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

You can continue Gabapentin because you are responsive to Gabapentin.Its far safer than Cannabis sativa.Cannabis is addictive or habit forming drug.It can cause serious mental and neurological changes.So,don't take Cannabis.

If you have further questions,I shall be glad to answer.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar