I have wondered about that, too, and hopefully thought through it. I take my LDN at night. Unless I fall out of my bed I am not likely to need emergency treatment. So by the time something drastic can happen the LDN is enough out of my system that the painkillers will work again. If I have an accident that knocks me out I won't care whether the painkillers work or not. For me, this all is an additional reason why I want to take my LDN before bedtime. I know, something can still happen, like a fall in the bathroom or something like that. But if I'm conscious I can tell the paramedics to use a non-opiate based painkiller, and if I'm not conscious, neither they nor I will care. I think.
Lucretia

--- In LDN_Users@yahoogroups.com, "swim2lakes" <swim2lakes@...> wrote:
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> I've asked this same question and never really got an answer.
> The site mentions to stop one day before surgery or anesthesia, but i wonder about emergency hospitalizations when one is on LDN ???
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> Thanks..
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Marijuana should be legalized.

--- In LDN_Users@yahoogroups.com, Lela Landman <lelaji@...> wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> > I am a Cancer patient and also have Polymyositis -Have been on LDN for about 6
> > months and am doing extremely well on it. I am also a medical marijuana user
> > although I don¹t use it very much anymore. I just went to see a movie called
> > The Horse Boy about a family in Texas with an autistic child that sounds
> > similar to Marie Myung-Ok Lee¹s son- it was a very moving story and his father
> > has written a book of the same name, his father is Rupert Issacson and the
> > book and the DVD are available on Amazon.com. This family went to Mongolia to
> > Shamans that helped although not cured his son immensely. He and his wife now
> > run a horse ranch in Texas dedicated to helping and healing other autistic
> > children. Just thought I¹d post this if Ms. Lee or anyone else is interested.
> > Lela Landman
> >
> >
> >
> > This mom says giving her kid pot has made all the difference.
> >
> > As the mother of an autistic child, Marie Myung-Ok Lee is navigating uncharted
> > territory as she struggles to manage her son's condition. She has bravely come
> > forward to share her son's battle with this mysterious disorder, and to
> > discuss how medical marijuana has brought them both back from the brink of
> > despair.
> >
> > During what Marie calls the "dark phase," her son J had unpredictable mood
> > swings that could erupt into fitful rages. Her 9-year-old would scream during
> > lengthy tantrums, he refused to eat and threw his food on the floor. J broke
> > plates, windows, and other household items as a way of expressing his pain and
> > frustration. The family would hide out within the confines of their home until
> > the darkness passed.
> >
> > J's behavior disrupted his school performance and terrified the staff. "The
> > teachers were wearing tae kwon do arm pads to protect themselves against his
> > biting," Marie said. The school monitored J's daily outbursts on an
> > "aggression chart" that documented as many as 300 episodes in one day that
> > involved hitting, kicking, biting, or pinching another person.
> >
> > With her son in crisis, Marie had no choice but to perform an intervention.
> > But the only solution offered by child psychiatrists came in a pill bottle.
> > "His school tried to force us to medicate him," says Marie, who feared the
> > risk of dangerous side effects associated with commonly prescribed
> > antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal. Many of the FDA-approved drugs on the
> > market used to treat symptoms of autism have no proven safety track record for
> > use in children.
> >
> > Despite the unknown risks, more kids are using prescription drugs than ever
> > before. The number of children on psychiatric meds has skyrocketed in recent
> > years, according to reports in medical journals such as Archives of Pediatrics
> > and Adolescent Medicine. Prescription drug use is growing faster among
> > children than the elderly and baby boomers. But when it comes to medicating
> > kids with marijuana, the issue becomes taboo.
> >
> > "There's no such thing as a harmless drug, but marijuana is much less harmful
> > than other drugs," said Lester Grinspoon, M.D., a professor emeritus of
> > psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Grinspoon is a leading expert in the
> > field of medical marijuana, who has authored several books on the subject. "No
> > one in the world has died from marijuana," insists Grinspoon, who has spent
> > four decades researching the illicit drug.
> >
> > Undeterred by the social stigma, Marie pursued this more natural approach to
> > calm J's demons. After discussing her wishes with J's pediatrician, Marie
> > decided to check out Marinol, a synthetic form of THC, which is the primary
> > cannabinoid in marijuana. After fine-tuning J's dosage, she began hearing
> > praises like, "J was a pleasure to have in speech class," instead of
> > complaints about his violent episodes.
> >
> > After a few months, J built up a tolerance to the drug and his unruly behavior
> > returned. "The drawback of taking Marinol is that it's only THC. That's the
> > most powerful cannabinoid, but it may not be the most relevant," said Mitch
> > Earleywine, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology at the State
> > University of New York at Albany. Earleywine says there are about 70 different
> > cannabinoids in the marijuana plant, many of which have medicinal value. Marie
> > decided to take a chance on the real deal.
> >
> > All it took was a signed prescription and a background check for J to become
> > the youngest person in Rhode Island to obtain a license for pot. After buying
> > some marijuana-infused olive oil, Marie made a batch of pot cookies. That
> > night, J ate half of one cookie and "he was tired and conked out," said Marie,
> > who checked hourly on his sleep, "half-expecting some red-eyed ogre from
> > Reefer Madness to come leaping out at us." To her relief, J slept soundly and
> > appeared happy and mellow the next day.
> >
> > Over the past four months, Marie has documented her son's progress in an
> > online blog entitled, Why I Give My 9-Year-Old Pot, Part II. While she doesn't
> > believe marijuana is a cure for autism, it "allows J to participate more fully
> > in life without the dangers and sometimes permanent side effects of
> > pharmaceutical drugs." Dr. Grinspoon has seen positive results with a number
> > of his autistic patients who are undergoing pot therapy. "I can confidently
> > say to a parent that marijuana relieves some types of pain. It's not going to
> > hurt them if you use it responsibly," Grinspoon says. Ingesting the drug works
> > better because the effects can last up to eight hours. "A little goes a long
> > way," says Earleywine, who reminds parents that the drug can take up to an
> > hour and a half to kick in, "so wait a little while before administering any
> > more."
> >
> > While a growing number of distressed parents are turning to the herbal remedy,
> > many moms with autistic kids are skeptical. "I feel it does more harm than
> > good," says Trish, the mother of a 7-year-old boy with autism. "You are
> > sedating the child, not treating the cause of the rage." Trish believes that
> > medicating kids with pot is a cop-out. "Nobody said parenting was going to be
> > easy, or that the solution to every problem is to get our children stoned."
> >
> > The mainstream medical community shuns the subject, and the government refuses
> > to fund any research that would legitimize marijuana use in treating autism or
> > aggression disorders. "Marijuana is a very loaded subject," says Cara
> > Natterson, M.D., a pediatrician and mother of two. "As a parent and as a
> > pediatrician, I feel a responsibility to know that what I am putting into a
> > child -- mine or someone else's -- is safe and tested."
> >
> > The American Academy of Pediatrics opposes the legalization of marijuana, but
> > does support further research into the potential medical benefits of cannabis.
> > "We need to make sure the treatment is safe -- we haven't done that,"
> > Natterson adds. The doctor can sympathize with parents who desperately want to
> > help their child. "But wanting to advocate for your child and making sure your
> > child is safe are two different things," Natterson said.
> >
> > Marie is confident that she has made the right choice when she sees J's
> > transformation. "He doesn't look stoned. He just looks like a happy little
> > boy."
> >
> > http://www.momlogic.com/2009/11/can_marijuana_help_kids_with_autism.php
> >
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