If legal in the US, would Sativex be a viable option for you?
I don't know if Sativex was allowed if it would be a viable substitute for me. For me cannabis works in a myriad of situations. It's a muscle relaxant, anti-inflammatory for pain and it's kept my tumors from growing, I believe. Therefore I don't know if Sativex would be as beneficial. Also the way you ingest it, which is under your tongue, what ends up happening is if maybe you're lucky 60% go through the membranes under your tongue and get into your bloodstream almost immediately. It the next best place other than IV-ing into your vein. However about 40% you end up swallowing and by swallowing it now it has to go through the liver and everything else, just like a pill does and so it loses a lot of its affect at that point. Smoking it is, to me, the immediate way of getting all of the medicine into my blood system immediately. Plus, I'm in perfect shape, my lungs are fine, so cannabis works.