From BBC News: GW Pharmaceuticals has obtained approval from Health Canada to begin distributing Sativex, a mouth spray aimed at relieving pain for multiple sclerosis sufferers. Sativex is distributed in Canada by Bayer Canada, and is now available. GW Pharmaceuticals is currently working on approval for the drug in the UK. No word yet on when it might become available in the US.
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Nov 15, 2005
Cannabis drug Sativex now available in the UK - IO ERROR
Valerie Tehel
Oct 04, 2006
my dr is giving me a private prescription for sativex. i live in the uk.
i would prefer to buy it direct from canada, can you advise where please
Valerie Tehel
Oct 04, 2006
my dr is giving me a private prescription for sativex. i live in the uk.
i would prefer to buy it direct from canada, can you advise where please.
missed off email address
Keith Oxley
Oct 05, 2006
Hi Valerie,
My wife is in the same boat. It was suggested that the cost would be about £5.00 per day. Our experience is that it is nearer £10.00 perday. What is your experience? How much does your pharmacy charge?
REINE
Oct 12, 2006
I want to ask whether i can get the Sativex, as i have been diagnosed
by my doctor and said i should use the sativex spray.
I have a prescription for that medication.
Kindly advise if i can get it through you or where it is available.
thank you in advance for your co operation and concern.
Reine Gbeily
Valerie Tehel
Oct 12, 2006
got private prescription from my dr. my chemist will get it at £280 for a months supply.
how many of us can afford this every month, i cant.
when will government vallow it on nhs and also update dr’s on the merits of sativex.
i downloaded and read the following:
Sativex_PM_English_6_Apr_2006_103080_public.pdf
from:
read before you buy
Valerie Tehel
Oct 13, 2006
if you want to phone me let me know. i cant write what i want to tel you here but it may interest you.
Valerie Tehel
Oct 13, 2006
i am going to see my member of parliment, we all should do this, i think
Keith Oxley
Oct 13, 2006
I’ve written to our MP and received a reply acknowledging and saying he
has written to the health minister about it. It is not only the fact
that we have to pay for Sativex it is also iniquitous that we have to
pay VAT on top of it. (A recent European Parliament edict apparently).
Keith Oxley
Oct 13, 2006
If you give me your telephone numer I will phone. My Email address is keith.oxley@qmail.com
Valerie Tehel
Oct 15, 2006
REINE, send your email address to me
NIck2k
Feb 20, 2007
You are lucky to be able to get it . In the US we are years off . It is amazing how they will give out opiates that kill but not allow Sativex . I want so badly to try it for the naseau from opiate therapy , to hopefully help with the depression , pain and overall discomfort of dieing on perscription drugs much more dangerous . I have heard it helps one wean down also and relaxes the intestines so you can go to the bathroom again after 10 years of laxative use .
Right now in the US testing will start in 08 and only be done on patients with less then 6 months to live . Its obvious they are dragging their feet out of spite . Sad I know it works . I look across the Detroit River into Canada and feel helpless its so ridiculous to leave a country over a issue like this but I just may spend time there . That is if I can find a Doctor to treat me there and one back in the States to except it when they test ..Every month they test you here if your on opiates for drugs ..like what they give you is safer or should make a difference . Shame on them not me . We addict people on perscription drugs some never can stop and be normal once dependant that are innocent sick victums yet we do not offer a safe non addictive alternative out of predjudice . Sad …really sad . I feel for you in Europe having to pay tax on drugs just becuase of what it is thats wrong .
Richard Premeaux
Feb 21, 2007
NIck2K is so correct about USA FDA negligence in new medication approval delays! I watched a special World Report last night on Sativex and being a chronic pain sufferer can not stand the currently approved opiate drugs that cause more problems to an already unbearable problem.
I also am having a hard time finding out if I can visit Canada , meet with a doctor for a prescription and then return without violating any laws!
If anyone has experience or knowledge on this issue and would kindly pass the information forward to me, I would be in your debt.
ceris62
Mar 03, 2007
Is there a public campaign or pressure group that one can join, to speed up and campaign for the provision of Sativex spray in the USA ? Does anyone know of one ?
annie
Jul 12, 2007
can anyone help – my friend is in chronic pain and needs to know where we can get Sativex from. We are in the UK.
PLEASE help
Annie
Luis Bernardino
Oct 08, 2007
Hi Valerie
I am Luis Bernardino and I live in Portugal AND I am in dispair since I have no one in Portugal to help me. In fact, my wife is disabled due to a mielitis got three years ago. Ever since she is having severe pains similar to MS. For her SATIVEX is some kind of hope.
Could you give us your coordinates in order that we contact you.
Many thanks in advance.
Vera and Luis
John
Jan 28, 2008
I wonder if Sativex will be on the market soon for clinical depression? I hope so, because wellbutrin, prozac, cymbalta and the others just don’t work for me.
Diane Bustin
Feb 03, 2008
I am 54 yrs. old and was diagnosed with MS at the age of 18. The last 6 yrs. have been bad and I recently read about Sativex but I live in the United States and I have been wondering how one might go about getting it. If it can help the pain I feel everyday it would be so wonderful.
Arlette Lockie
Feb 07, 2008
I am a lucky Canadian who has been prescribed Sativex. I have been diagnosed with Ms for 6 years now. For the past six months, I have been taking Sativex to control the neuropathic pain I get in my legs. This medication is a wonderful thing. I will only take this medication as smoking pot does not appeal to me. It really works. I feel as though the fire that I always am standing in, has been turned off! I am sorry for all of you who do not have access to it. It would be a real benefit if only your governments would reconise the medicinal effects of THC.
carlasamq@gmail.com
Feb 21, 2008
Boa tarde Luís!
Eu sou a Carla Queirós, tenho 26 anos e sou Portuguesa. Luto diariamente para conseguir ajudar a minha mãe, que sofre de EM já alguns anos e que ultrapassou recentemente o preconceito que tinha perante o cannabis. Penso que agora está apta para administrar o Sativex, mas de facto, assim como o Luís estou com graves problemas de orientação para iniciar esta guerra. Se me poderes facultar qualquer tipo de informação, serei eternamente grata. A minha mãe é um poço de FORÇA e de CORAGEM, pelo que vai aguentando, mas a evolução da doença é rápida e amarga. Pretendo fazer tudo o que estiver ao meu alcance para legalizar este medicamento em Portugal e consequentemente o acesso deste a TODOS.
Muito Obrigada. Melhores Cumprimentos.
Carla
deborha
Feb 25, 2008
Hi,
I am in Canada and I use Sativex, legally, every day for pain control. I am wondering if anyone knows of a country that I would be able to visit and take the spray with me. I don’t fancy getting arrested at the airport for importing a drug. For those of you who have never tried Sativex, it is very pungent and I doubt if I would be able to get past any drug sniffing dog.
I know one can get a prescription for Sativex in the UK but I can’t seem to find anything about visitors and their use of a legal substance in their country.
I don’t’ expect to be able to go to the US but what about Spain?
Any ideas where I could find out?
Deborha
Michael Hampton
Feb 25, 2008
Call the embassy or consulate of the country you want to visit.
james agent
Nov 26, 2009
hi valerie
if you could give me any information about sativex i would be very garateful she has progressive ms and i have been trying to get hold of sativex for quite a while at the moment she has a cannabis spliff when she gets to bad but really dosnt like smoking it but it really helps her
thanks hopefully jim
Valerie M Tehel
Nov 27, 2009
hi jim
i am just of now,to king college hospital to see idf they will insert an implant directly into my spine.
for the past 3 years i’ve had a spinal cord implant, done at st thomas london. i broke it 3 times so i a, a bit of medication but not much. these are a bit like a tense machine but much stronger.
when they work i dont need any medication.
trouble is none of this applies to ms, i’m so sorry.
remember, i have nerve pain and not ms.
valerie
carol
Dec 16, 2009
Don’t envy we Canadians. I’m in Alberta Canada and cant get a Dr to prescribe Sativex.
It is so immorally wrong.
Deb
Feb 19, 2010
Hi,
I live in B.C. and I went to a pain specialist (took 2 1/2 years to see her) and she prescribed my first vial of sativex. For the first time in ten years, I was pain free. When I went to my regular doctor, he was quite happy to prescribe the drug. He won’t prescribe medical marijuana because of all the paper-work involved to get approval but apparently there is no paper-work for sativex.
I guess finding a lazy doctor helps.
I have used Sativex for three years now and it has saved my life. I have neuropathic pain (nerve damage) and so, of course, opiates don’t work to dull or erase the pain; however, one zap of sativex twice daily along with gabapentin has given me my life back.
I can work; I go out and visit others, and mostly, I am not in pain anymore. I can’t imagine not having access to it. I know we can get medical pot but I don’t fancy smoking and I can take the spray with me anywhere and use it in public–something you can’t do with marijuana.
For those with neuropathic pain this is a miracle drug.
The drug does have side effects…I have gained about 15 pounds and stuggle to keep from gaining more. I have mental lapses. Another side effect is that I feel happy most of the time.
Funny, we can all get morphine, Oxycontin and all the other really addictive drugs but pot scares the crap out of governments.
I wish everyone with neuropathic pain had access to this but if you can’t get sativex (which is very expensive–luckily my extended health pays for it for me) pot would do the same thing for you. Perhaps your doctor wouldn’t mind filling out the paperwork for you…
valerie
Feb 20, 2010
apart from going in the new forest in dorset to find the factory where its made, the answer is no.
#
my gp gave me a private prescription but nearly got struck off when ‘nice’ found out.
Jeremy
Jun 19, 2010
SativeX is really good medicine and all but marijuana is cheaper and better, just grow it in your house…if your insurance will pay for sativex then go for it but otherwise its really cheap to grow your own marijuana.
DAVE BOWN
Aug 02, 2010
Would it be possible for me to get sativex from my doctor. I am in pain 24 hours a day with A S. Ankylosing spondilitus. I have tried many drugs from my doctor, but nothing works for me. I would be greatful for any advice. I live in oxfordshire and i dont know how there funding is towards this drug, if any at all.Thanks dave………..
DAVE BOWN
Aug 02, 2010
Is it possible to get pot from your doctor in England.. No one really tells you what is possible and whats not….I would be greatful for any info….Thanks Dave…..
Jim
Aug 19, 2010
please watch this video (Run from the cure) look it up on youtube. You can make your own medicine from cannabis, probably better than Sativex and cheaper.
Good luck and be careful. Also print out this US patent #6630507 it can be found by google and mail to your representatives. It is medical proof that cannabis has wide potential as medicine.
DAVE BOWN
Sep 01, 2010
I have just been told by my doctor that they can not give me sativex because of the cost, and also something to do with a so called lavender statement wich is prodeced by south central priorities committee. my GP did also say that i she can sort it for me to buy private, wich means i have to pay for the drug and also a small charge for a private GP. CAN ANYONE ADVISE ME… any info at all i would be very greatful.. Thanks
Mari
Nov 19, 2010
I am writing an article about Sativex for a new online publication from the US called Marijuana Business and Law Report and I would love to get responses from MS patients (or others) who are using Sativex. Please contact me at marikane@marikane.com by November 26, 2010 to comment on Sativex. Thanks very much. Mari Kane
Mari
Nov 19, 2010
I am writing an article about Sativex for a new online publication from the US called Marijuana Business and Law Report and I would love to get responses from MS patients (or others) who are using Sativex. Please contact me at marikane@marikane.com by November 26, 2010 to comment on Sativex. Thanks very much. Mari Kane
Krista
Apr 15, 2011
I have a question. I have MS now for going on 10 years. My pain doctor now wants me to go on methodone, but I know if I go there, I will probably never be able to wean off. Is there a way to get a appointment with a Canadian physician. If so would it need to be a pain med doctor? I will pay out of pocket. I am desperate. I know once you go on methodone that you can’t go off. I do not want to smoke anything. I live in a state where it is not legal to grow.
Thanks,
K
Duda
Oct 24, 2011
Good afternoon, I am Brazilian, I’m 25 years old, and I hold multiparty sclerosis for 3 years and 5 months. I was a “victim” of misdiagnosis, since I made use of many medications ineffective for pain in general. I have read numerous reports on the use of Sativex, I wonder if there is the possibility of sending to Brazil? grateful
Mark
Nov 15, 2011
Hey Duda,
take a look at this youtube clip. It shows you how to make your own
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH2nFimQhKw
Try the cannabis strain Cannatonic, available from seed companies online. Its a medical strain with a 1:1 ratio of CBD to THC
http://www.herbiesheadshop.com/resin-cannatonic-feminised-seeds-2258
Chad Padgett
Dec 28, 2011
Hello, I have had chronic pancreatitis since October 2007 I have been on methadone 90mgs per day and Oxycodone 90mgs per day. I live in the US and would like to try Sativex however I cannot as I live in Indianaand although we have tough cannabis laws I am trying to change that I am on the board of ReLegalize Indiana and also I am a speaker for LEAP Law Enforcement Against Prohibition I testified infront of a panel of 14 Senators. to try to change the laws so we will see what 2012 brings. I tried a cannabis glycerine tincture which by day three I was totally off the oxy and by day two of being off the tincture I was back on all 90mgs of the oxy. A third of the US has legal medical cannabis we need the feds to reschedule it for every state not just Big Pharma it will help so many lives in so many ways.
Chad Padgett
Dec 28, 2011
CBD is the healing in the cannabis plant. RUN FROM THE CURE tells you how to make good medicine.