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Are there legal drugs that do what marijuana does in palliative care?

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Dr. Gutti Rao answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Yes: There are many medications/ narcotics that effectively work for pain control for palliative care.

Answered 7/3/2012

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Yes: Well, sort of. There is a medication called marinol, which contains thc, which is the active component of marijuana. Some patients say that they prefer to smoke cannabis as opposed to taking the Marinol pills, as some say the pills are a little too strong.

Answered 6/27/2014

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