Unfortunately I don't have an answer, but I myself always wonder if they don't sneak in a test for THC. if you're able to, check the lab order before you complete the uranalysis.

I, too smoke after my son goes to bed for pain relief and to get my muscles to relax. I quit when I became pregnant, but started up again after being Dx'd and it really helped! I wouldn't think they wouldn't support you any longer (probably just give you a talking to if they found out), but all doctors are different.

The safest bet is to either flush out your system for a week before the test or to buy the cover-up found at local smoke shops to drink 4 hours before the test. Either way, I wish you the best of luck! Hopefully the remaining states will get it together and legalize something that is natural and actually helps for chronic pain!

Not sur about the drug testing but will your doctor care if you smoke? I live in Nebraska and it is illegal but my dr. always asks if I could get my hands on some.

Many dr's know that it works but can't do anything about it. Stay clean for a week or so and it probably won't show up. Good luck!

The doctor ended up testing for THC - so I'm screwed. But, I told him that I smoked a couple of times and he mentioned something called Marinol, which is a pill form of THC that may be legal in my state. Maryland is not an legal marijuana state, but the pill may be legal? I talked to my neuro about it, and he was very agreeable to checking into the med for me. I'll see at my next visit with him,and in the mean time, I will keep smoking when the pain gets to me.

Jeeze Lynne, the doc may have an obligation to discourage you here if it's not legalized in MD. At least he's trying to find something else for you. What sort of pain do you have. You may have posted before but I don't recall. Is it knees, joints or muscles?

Hi Lorrie, my pain is what got me convinced that I needed a therapy for my MS. It hit me about 2.5 years ago from the hips down. The pain was initially neuropathy type pain, electric shocks, stabbing pains, throbbing. Now I have pain in my knee joint of my weakest leg. My internest noticed by looking at my leg that the muscles in one leg are smaller than the other. How in the heck she can see that I don't understand - I haven't noticed. I currently take magnesium but it doesn't really help much. I think I heard you talking about the wonders of magnesium for your legs which convinced me to start my mag supplements. But, the only thing it really does is keep my bowels regular! lol I also take baclofen and the doctor just bumped my dosage up, although I don't take the extra dose. Don't like the way it makes me feel. I don't know where I would be without my pain management doctor. He recommended to me my current neuro who is wonderful.

It's just such a pain that if I am doing illegal drugs then I can't get the legal pain medication. That is what I'm afraid of, because I smoked pot that the doctor will take away my pain meds. Since I knew they were testing for it on the day of the exam, I confessed to the doctor ahead of the test results. Thats when he mentioned this Marinol medication and told me to discuss it with my neuro. When I had an appt. with my neuro, I also told him I smoked pot and what the pms doctor told me. I just wanted everyone to know that I had smoked pot, because the treatments that they are providing for me are not working! I can't take anymore pain medication than I am currently taking. I just hate taking all these medications. sorry this is so long, and thanks for asking.

I have taken marinol but it just dilated my pupils and made me confused. Not sure I gave it enough time, maybe I will try it again since I still have some left. Do try it and see how it works. I just started dantrium 2 days ago and it is making me dizzy, weak and confused. I am going to stay on it for at least 2 weeks. Did I mention it makes me very tired so I am going to take a nap now--nite :)

I know hou're all aware but I hope you're talking to the pharmacist about the safety of taking different meds in certain time periods or having them in your system at the same time.

I do know how unbearable pain can be. Although I've only had the calve lock ups or spacticity, I've been having the knee pain on occasion in the weaker leg. It's a feeling as if it's going to crack or pop or something but when it doesn't, it just hurts badly - scary. It's always intermitent though so I guess I've been lucky so far.

This marinol sounds like it's worth a shot for you, Lynne and Punky.

I so wish they would legalize mj. I have NEVER used the stuff but so many with pain (cancer, MS pain, etc) say it helps withOUT constipation that causes impaction (very painful side effect) that most opiates ie morphine can cause. It seems to have the most benefit with the least side effect. sigh...

Lchoppel I hope you can find something that helps you. At least a good PMD and Neuro are great steps in a better direction to making this happen.

Best wishes,
EP

I feel the mj helps tremendously. why it's not legal is so stupid but we all no it's due to the government. that's another topic so i will stop w/ that. i have fessed up to my neuro and head doc and they both have agreen that it does help. i haven't go the marinol prescrip. yet but i think @ next visit, I will try and go that route since i've been open w/ her about all of that. i saw in the ms momentum monthly mag that they are doing more studies w/ mj and ms. hopefully, that'll all come out good and we'll be in the clear. my husband and i were talking and since the neuro thinks i've had this for 19+ years, we've just wondered if the mj had masked some things but we"ll never the know the answer to that, just one of our discussions about it. I know i haven't helped much w/ this but i do feel the mj helps w/ not just pain, it relaxes and helps w/ muscle spasms as along w/ other things also. Best of luck to all of us w/ this pain. Sorry it's taken me so long to respond but will always help, if possible.