I am taking Sativex and after taking it for only a few days I saw a reduction in burning pain, spasms, skin pain and deep pain and after a couple of weeks I was pain free which was great. I do also have a pump delivering a low dose of Baclofen which was not helping those pains but is still working for other pain. Because I am very allergic to oral Baclofen and it was no longer helping pains it had previously helped, I wanted to replace it with Sativex. However while I was taking Baclofen together with Sativex the spasticity was reduced in both my back and legs. However as soon as I started reducing the Baclofen the spasticity increased noticeably even though I had increased the Sativex to 7 sprays. I was hoping to find someone who was successfully using Sativex to reduce Spasticity. THANKS. TRISH
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Hello ,
I am a friend of a lady with Ms in Poland she would like any opinions of anyone who has been taking Sativex or any general opinions of this drug Please share your experiences Does Sativex help with pain? And what side effects do you experience? Aneta
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