I have read that smoking cigarettes can
affect spinal fusion. Does anyone know if
smoking marijuana has the same affect????
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Tyton
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 29 Location: ,
Good Question Posted: 09-26-07 10:30am
It's interesting how many times I have
encountered the topic of marijuana use for
chronic pain syndromes. It seems to be
fairly widely accepted and even encouraged
by a few of the doctors that I have
encountered during the course of time, yet
I couldn't beging to answer your question
for real.
This might be a good question to pose to
the forum doctor to see what information
he would be willing to provide on the
subject.
Tyton
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 09-26-07 11:12am
Please see also the same topic under
"Medical Marijuana".
You should not smoke anything while you
are recovering from spinal fusion surgery.
Smoking decreases the blood flow which
decreases the body's ability to form bone
helaing anfd provide you with a good solid
fusion. If you wish to partake inthe
health benefits, consider using a vaprizer
or take it orally baked into brownies or
something.
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Tyton
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 29 Location: ,
Posted: 09-26-07 12:08pm
As a newby to this forum it never occured
to me to look for the topic of medical
marijuana - Thank you for introducing us
to another great source for information
and advice.
