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Is it dangeoures to smoke cannabis when you are on a interferoncure?
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my doc (one of the best, by his peers as well) smiles and says it may actually help with sides..and of course it does..one reason i tolerated Peginterferon so well years ago
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Thanks for your answer.I should take my second shot tonight,so after i can smoke a pipe and sleep good hole night.<3
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  I had to do the the "Triple Treatment", which meant being exact about popping my Victrelis, every 8 hrs.  The two time I ate the cannabis brownies, it felt great, but I over-slept, and was a couple hours late taking my night dose, which could've been disaserous!  So I stuck to smoking a little leaf, after my morning does, it worked great, and I SVRED.  I think the teeny amount I smoked was perfect, and kept my tolerance down. Inorder to do it that way, I quit smoking altogether, for 2 months before Treatment, and started in with the micro-dose, at 3 weeks. Just a few puffs from some home-grown, helped with nausea, and helped my head-space. Everyone is so different with their own reaction to THC, so this is simply my story, and I've smoked pot on and off my whole life, so I had a high tolerance to begin with.  
    Any "intoxicant" can sap your vitamins, so I made sure to eat a super healthy diet, and tons of water, especially after a puff
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163305 tn?1333668571
My hepatologist was a-okay with it.
I found a medicinal brownie eaten after my shot helped to counteract muscle pain.
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my doctor told me i could smoke it to help with my sx.  it really helped me and now i am SVR.  good luck to you.  belle
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I did it to help with nausea. I had not smoked since High School in the 70's. It kept me on treatment.
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1747881 tn?1546175878
No, unless it's illegal where you live, then it might be dangerous to your  freedom but it will not negatively effect your treatment
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