Can i take medical marijuana for pain and take anti-depression medication at the same time?

Question

Can i take medical marijuana for pain and take anti-depression medication at the same time?
I’m taking anti depression medication (celexa, & Bupropion) for couple of months now. I also have pain in my joints that I have been taking pain medication with little improvements. Now I was thinking of using alternative relief like medical marijuana. Would I have to stop taking my other medications in order to use it?

Answer 1

Medicinal marijuana is only available by prescription,in most states it is illegal to have it otherwise.
Normally medicinal marijuana is used for extreme cases of glaucoma (an ocular disease).
I am not sure what the mixing of your anti-depressants and using marijuana would do but since you need a prescription in order to legally use it,asking your doctor would solve the whole question on the ordeal.

Answer 2

My partner suffers from trigeminal neuralgia, an extrmely painful condition related to Multiple Sclerosis. You don't say what your diagnosis is, or whether you actualy suffer from depression, but my partner takes strong antidepressants and an anti convulsive, (both prescribed by the pain clinic at our local hospital) Not because he suffers from any of the conditions they were designed for but because the side effects of these drugs seem to provide some relief. (Ordinary painkillers are not effective for neurological illnesses) He has also been self medicating with marijuana for a couple of years. We told the pain clinic that he had been doing this as we had the same concerns as you have. The consultant said to be careful as the dose cannot be regulated if you are 'doing it yourself' but that if it helped, to go ahead and he wouldn't criticise. He has since told us that there is a cannabis based painkiller for such conditions being developed at the moment that can be taken sublingually (you spray it under your tongue like the glycerol trinitrate that is prescribed for angina) We hope to start with this as as soon as it becomes available in a few months. I think that you should be honest with your doctor as the medical profession is well aware of the pain relieving benefit of marijuana and are as eager to make it available in a safe way as the people who might benefit are. If there is a conflict between your prescribed drugs and the marijuana, then he may, as he did for my partner, change the prescribed drug so that he can take the marijuana, even though he can't yet have it legally prescribed. You will be surprised at how reasonable and understanding the medical profession is on this issue. Just be careful and remember that taking the unprescribed medication is not now illegal in the UK, but that you can get into trouble fo buying and selling or supplying it. You have my sympathies, pain is a difficult thing to live with and affects the whole family. If you want to contact me by email and tell me a bit more about your condition, I may be able to help with some useful websites etc. We've been coping for quite some time now and I think we've been down every road possible so we may be able to give you a bit of support. Hope I've helped.

Answer 3

u can end up a dickless wonder if you take anti-depressants, there is a section of the medical book worth reading that will list about thirty five variables of that product that will make u dysfunctional fast, and the damage is permanent anti-depressant are to a guy what a date rape pill is to a girl only the girl is okay the next day the guy isn't~u can suck dope til u can track a bird across an empty sky

Answer 4

No.. I would not recommend that course of action