[Lady Jane]

Okay fellow Weedtrackees I need your imput. I'm Caregiving for a guy who's 77, has diabetes, conjestive heart failure, kidney issues and heart troubles in general. The main problem is his gout though. It causes extreem muscle cramping and pain/sleeplessness. Usually we can keep it under control with diet, but sometimes not.

He can't smoke, only vape and eat, though cookies aren't an option either. I have very little expirience with mmj so I thought I'd reach out to the community and see if anyone had any advice on, well, really anything. To be honest, I'm a bit over my head here. Any gout (or really just pain sufferers) here would be great, (those with sleep trouble too), or anyone with strain/medication advice would be much apprecieated.

Thanks in advance!

[kaliforniasoul]

I don't suffer from such severe symptons and god bless, but I found a few strains that are straight pain numbing and hope this helps. Go to LCC in sunland for there pk and super og. I've given it to a few people who suffer from immense pain and it helped them a lot. Especially, to eat and sleep. For what it's worth, I was just having fun earlier after a really bad exp from fairfax. Nothing personal and hope everything works out for you and your patient.
Keep it positive.

[vcammp]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

I'm Caregiving for a guy who's 77, has diabetes, conjestive heart failure, kidney issues and heart troubles in general. The main problem is his gout though. It causes extreem muscle cramping and pain/sleeplessness. :

I have helped more than a dozen chemo/cancer/terminal patients with many of the same ailments you mention. I found that Cannabis infused into olive oil is the bomb.

Always use a first press extra virgin high-grade olive oil. Pour it into a glass jar with the cannabis. 1/2 ounce cannabis to 12 oz. olive oil. Store it in a cool dark area, (like you would a good red wine). Shake container once a day. Usually it takes a minimum of 2 weeks, 30 days is best.

Patient takes it by the tablespoon. It helps pain and treats insomnia. Also very healthy with good fats. Always keep in airtight container as any oil will oxidize once its open. Adjust recipe as needed for patient.

[MMM420SoCal]

Sounds good to me, but it works even better in my experience by heating the oil to 140*, for 30min but I use vegetable oil too.

Neat concept I'll have to try it.

[Lady Jane]

Wow, thank you so much guys! I will definateally try that if I can. Do you think you can cook with the olive oil, or should you just take it cold? I know that heats the element that releases the THC, but I think he'll have some troubles with a teaspoon of straight oil. (btw did I mention that he's very resistant to accepting cannabis in any form.) He will take it, but only when the pain gets so bad that it's mmj or the hospital.

[StupidUgly]

Originally Posted by vcammp

I have helped more than a dozen chemo/cancer/terminal patients with many of the same ailments you mention. I found that Cannabis infused into olive oil is the bomb.

Always use a first press extra virgin high-grade olive oil. Pour it into a glass jar with the cannabis. 1/2 ounce cannabis to 12 oz. olive oil. Store it in a cool dark area, (like you would a good red wine). Shake container once a day. Usually it takes a minimum of 2 weeks, 30 days is best.

Patient takes it by the tablespoon. It helps pain and treats insomnia. Also very healthy with good fats. Always keep in airtight container as any oil will oxidize once its open. Adjust recipe as needed for patient.

Wow, sounds really interesting. I suffer from SEVERE insomnia, only sleeping like every 48-60 hours, this seems like it's worth a shot. I've tried all the medical community has to offer, may as well go the alternative route.

Also I did find the PK from TLCC to be quite sleepy too, I hadn't been able to find a strain that really put me out, but that PK did. If it can put me to sleep, it can put anyone to sleep.

[zutnick]

I suffer from pain and insomnia and am new to the medical herb scene but have found that indica varieties work best for sleep. Since switching to mostly indica strain I have cut back on sleep meds and am getting less spasms.

[WoofHound]

Originally Posted by vcammp

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Patient takes it by the tablespoon. It helps pain and treats insomnia. Also very healthy with good fats. Always keep in airtight container as any oil will oxidize once its open. Adjust recipe as needed for patient.

buy a bottle of Vitamin E gel capsules. Anytime you open a NEW bottle of Olive oil, (or any other cooking oil) snip a capsule of Vit E in it. It will act as a natural preservative and stave off rancidity for a long time.

I've been doing this for years.

[resipsa]

Originally Posted by vcammp

I have helped more than a dozen chemo/cancer/terminal patients with many of the same ailments you mention. I found that Cannabis infused into olive oil is the bomb.

Always use a first press extra virgin high-grade olive oil. Pour it into a glass jar with the cannabis. 1/2 ounce cannabis to 12 oz. olive oil. Store it in a cool dark area, (like you would a good red wine). Shake container once a day. Usually it takes a minimum of 2 weeks, 30 days is best.

Patient takes it by the tablespoon. It helps pain and treats insomnia. Also very healthy with good fats. Always keep in airtight container as any oil will oxidize once its open. Adjust recipe as needed for patient.

Do you grind the marijuana you put into the oil, or just the nuggets as is?