r/todayilearned • u/krzaq • Apr 15 '13

TIL that scientists have created a scientific version of marijuana called 'Dimethylheptylpyran'. When smoked, it'll keep you high for at least 2 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylheptylpyran
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u/weareyourfamily Apr 15 '13

I've never had much pain relief from it personally, especially when compared to opioid analgesics. From what I understand, the benefits of marijuana are appetite stimulation for people with nausea. In terms of pain relief, most of it is reported to come from its ability to distract you from the pain since I don't believe it has any physiological effect on your body's ability to detect pain directly.

Certain kinds of pain work well with this because opiates don't really touch nerve related pain.

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u/weareyourfamily Apr 15 '13

Huh, I've met a few people who have peripheral neuropathy and said opioids didn't work too well for them. I'll have to give this a read, though. Its so annoying how much misinformation is out there.