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[Wormy]

Hi all
I've been reading the forum, looking at Clinics, comparing the various types of medication (until I'm blue in the face!) and am overwhelmed with all the options.
I have chronic back pain (40+ years) which has over the last year reared its head big time, I am on prgabalin (addictive), codeine and paracetamol for the pain. I have also been a type 1 diabetic for 65 years. I smoked cannabis for many years in my younger days (not for medical reasons).
Last year whilst at a festival my back was giving me real gip and I ate a little resin and the pain was eased considerably so am now thinking that medicinal cannabis is the way to go.
Can you guide me into what Clinics are good and what strains of cannabis are good whether oils or bud/flower.
Many thanks.

 

[GrownHealth]

Welcome to the forum @Wormy and it can seem overwhelming at first as you choose a clinic and meds but hopefully you can find something that helps early on in your Medical Cannabis journey as many people in the forum treat pain issues and will be able to share what works for them and this will hopefully help narrow things down on the meds side but as for clinics we have members here from many different clinics and my clinic Cannabis Clinic Cardiff is a mental health clinic so wouldn't be suitable in this case but many patients here are happy at their various clinics and a few of the main clinics are:

Alternaleaf® Membership

Our mission is simple. We want to help people feel better.

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Curaleaf® Monthly

We’re here to help you understand if medical cannabis is right for you. Curaleaf Clinic is a licensed and regulated private clinic with specialist doctors…

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Cantourage° Clinic

At Cantourage, we’ll be with you every step of the way. Our safe and secure service ensures we find the right medical cannabis treatment for you.

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Integro Clinics

Integro exists to offer hope where traditional clinical approaches to medical issues have failed. The clinic offers full-time dedicated cannabis nurses to…

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Grow Access Project

Based at Auravia Medical, Grow Access Project offers reduced cost consultations for benefit recipients, students, armed forces as well as Blue Lights card holders, while…

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Medicann UK

Medicann Clinics provide expert, patient-centric, medicinal cannabis consultations & education.

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CB1 Medical

We are a CQC registered clinic led by Specialist Consultants who work with us to provide safe, effective clinics for the prescribing of medical cannabis…

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Mamedica® Access Scheme

We exist to improve the lives of patients by pioneering medical cannabis.

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Auravia Bi-Annual

Because Your Health Can't Wait. We prescribe Medical Cannabis, as well as licensed medications and therapies. Professional Consultations and treatments designed…

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[OldBloke]

Welcome @Wormy ! Lots of information here, as GH said it's a bit of a steep learning curve at first to determine which products suit your needs best, the terpenes, strength and so on. Most of the info you need is here on MedBud, no question is stupid so fire away!

 

[Wormy]

Thank you so much, I've been looking at the terpene side of things and there are so many.
One question is if you find the right medication for you at a particular clinic do they tend to have a reliable stock or do you tend to have to change strains on a regular basis?
Thanks again.

 

[Lank72]

It's a bit of a game at times yeah, you have to get to know your profiles that you benefit from most medically, and then try and get that from the flowers available

They can go out if stock, be discounted, etc, so we try and help each other with recommendations and so on to sort of try and keep up with it