Sativex: Anger Over Cannabis Drug Denial For Whitby Ms Woman

[grace]

Mrs Clarke said the drug had improved her quality of life A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS) has criticised a decision which means she has to pay £445 a month for a drug to ease her condition.

 

Sheila Clarke, from Whitby, uses the cannabis-based drug Sativex, which has been licensed for NHS use.

 

It is available in some parts of the country but health trusts in Yorkshire do not fund it because of concerns over its cost effectiveness.

 

Ms Clarke said: "One day my savings will run out and I'll go back to pain."

 

Sativex was licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in June and is available from some health trusts.

 

However, a panel of regional experts in MS have said there is no compelling evidence of benefits to patients from the drug and decided primary care trusts in Yorkshire cannot prescribe it.

 

“I think we need to make sure that people who pay the same taxes wherever they live in the country get a similar service from the NHS†- MP Robert Goodwill

 

Ms Clarke's doctor Rory Newman said: "Before she tried it she had been having a great deal of pain, a lot of problems particularly with spasms around her neck and shoulder and it became clear quite quickly that the Sativex was helping a lot with this... she was much more comfortable and her quality of life improved."

 

Ms Clarke said she was upset that she was unable to get the drug from her health trust NHS North Yorkshire and York.

 

"They say the benefits are not outweighed by the cost. How do they know this, they don't have MS, they don't have the symptoms so they couldn't know it."

 

Scarborough and Whitby MP Robert Goodwill said: "In other parts of the country it is being prescribed and I think we need to make sure that people who pay the same taxes wherever they live in the country get a similar service from the NHS."

 

In a statement, NHS North Yorkshire and York said it did not "routinely fund the prescribing of Sativex for patients with multiple sclerosis symptoms including spasticity and pain".

 

It continued: "This is the agreed regional policy across 14 PCTs within Yorkshire and the Humber and has been in place since March 2004.

 

"The panel concluded that Sativex lacked compelling evidence of benefit for the target population and was unlikely to be cost effective for use within the NHS."

 

Date: 14 September 2010

Source: BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-11305359

[daemon]

Here is the link to the MP3 (free download): The Vinny Eastwood Show with Will!

 

I like Rick Simpson because he's an honest man. I'll certainly be buying his book when it's out. Apparently he rats out NORML in it as simply trying to profit from the movement. I guess with with George Soros funding NORML what more could one expect?

 

// Edit - The link didn't show up.

Edited February 9, 2011 by rjw

[Radic]

greetnz rjw

 

I like Rick Simpson

same

i love his works

nuff raspect every time

but his words are not clean

because he's an honest man.

haha

honestly.,.,. what is RS hemp oil?????????

hash oil

seen

 

I'll certainly be buying his book when it's out.

can i read it after you???????

 

Apparently he rats out NORML in it as simply trying to profit from the movement.

oneupmanship sux

i dont know that i wanna read it now

he wont come clean about hash oil so how do i know he not fulla BS

hearsay

i dont support driving stakes between people

i love oneness

unity will set we free

stronger together

forward ever

I guess with with George Soros funding NORML what more could one expect?

we are right

the law is wrong

cannabis must free

every one will join in cause its the right ting to do

run come

free cannabis

free people

free land

[daemon]

because he's an honest man.

haha

honestly.,.,. what is RS hemp oil?????????

hash oil

seen

Bah. HEMP oil, HASH oil, tomato tomarto.

 

It doesn't matter what you call it the bottom line is he's not trying to profiteer from all this. He risked it all, literally, to give people the medicine they needed to save their lives.

 

I'll certainly be buying his book when it's out.

can i read it after you???????

Buy it. Help a guy out who has been ousted by his own government for selflessly helping others.

 

Apparently he rats out NORML in it as simply trying to profit from the movement.

oneupmanship sux

i dont know that i wanna read it now

he wont come clean about hash oil so how do i know he not fulla BS

hearsay

Maybe, but at the end of the day he has had more involvement in the movement than I (and most) so I'll still listen to what he has to say. I'll draw my conclusion then.

[Radic]

Bah. HEMP oil, HASH oil,

because its a lie and he knows it

tomato tomarto.are the same

seen

hemp oil is seed oil.,.,., always has been

hash oil is a plant oil.,.,.plant oil comes from leaf and budz not pressed out of the seed

very, very different

dont get confused

hash oil rulez

It doesn't matter what you call it

yes it does

because learnerd people will not take him seriously if he claims hemp oil is the healer cause they think he talking seed oil

and in all the confusion he continues to promote some people have been using hemp seed oil to treat cancer <--that could have devastating consequences

he has even said that hemp seed oil in the shops is labelled wrong<---hahaha

lately.,. he has taken to calling hash oil---> essentials oil or plant essence

no sorrie .,.,not true, wrong again

essentials oil or plant essances are perfumes.

hash oil is a plant oil it comes from the leaf and flowers not the seed

cannabis plant oil not hemp oil

seen

tho hash oil could be called Indian hemp plant oil

because thats what the medicinal name for cannabis tincture was--->>> Indian Hemp Tincture<<<

then they tried americian hemp plant oil and found it to be high medicinal quality too

but you cant call it just hemp oil

cause we all know hemp is for rope, textiles, bio fuel and 30,000 other uses

but medicine is not one of them

i have spoken to rick about this on his site too

he just cant seam to get his red neck lips around hash oil

the bottom line is he's not trying to profiteer from all this. He risked it all, literally, to give people the medicine they needed to save their lives.

seen

i hafe love dat

every time

nuff raspect

seen

he is a hippy at heart

thanx and praize

at the end of the day he has had more involvement in the movement than I (and most)

its the end of the day for me too

i have been making hash oil and since 1990 seven to ten grams every wk

and cannabis therapy since 1993

i have been involved in our annual cannabis law reform rally for 18yrz

i have been smoking and growing cannabis since 1973

and i love that rick wants to teach people how to do this process

self medication is very empowering

thats exactly how i love to help sufferers

teach them to grow and produce their own medicine

and ina a far safer manor then ricks pet ether extract i might add

he is trying to say he owns that method the RS method its called

that is a traditional method, a common non-polas extraction tek that many people used before him

he has registered his name --->phoenix tears

and last i heard he wants to set up a company and sell.,.,. guess what??????

guidance

[*Ryno*]

For me, this is just another piece of evidence to show that the only reason Cannabis is still illegal is purely economic. I'm not just looking at the money grubbing pharmaceutical companies I'm also looking squarely at the government. These assholes sit behind their desk all day and want to try tell us we aren't allowed to use a fucking plant as medicine? The country that started the whole prohibition BS now has it widely available for medical use in multiple states, yet our situation continues to get worse?

 

If i didn't make the choice to govern myself, this countries government would have killed me years ago.

 

Live free or die

[Radic]

greetnz

I'm also looking squarely at the government. These assholes sit behind their desk all day and want to try tell us we aren't allowed to use a fucking plant as medicine?

seen

i hear you bro Ryno

these people read every test results so they know the truth,

seen

yet they still support prohibition

they support lies and they know it

prohibition cultivates corruption

turns all politicians into politrickions or get sacked

the quickest way to stop it is

legalize all drugs

[everest]

greetnz

I'm also looking squarely at the government. These assholes sit behind their desk all day and want to try tell us we aren't allowed to use a fucking plant as medicine?

seen

i hear you bro Ryno

these people read every test results so they know the truth,

seen

yet they still support prohibition

they support lies and they know it

prohibition cultivates corruption

turns all politicians into politrickions or get sacked

the quickest way to stop it is

legalize all drugs

 

portugal .

 

i hate yorkshire . motherfuckers

 

ev

[ashka]

greetnz sista ashka

i feel you

our eyes may suffer but we vision is clear

naworrie

they are the ones who fear justice

 

steppin traditional style

from the garden to the medicine chest

is just too eze

we never needed modern tek, pharmaceutical drugs or chemical fertilisers and pesticides before 1936 or today

thanx and praize to the most high for the gift of cannabis and the empowerment of self medication

forward ever sistren

hold your head high

heal the people

heal the land

 

Noticed the word chemical fertilisers and my friend who is a homeopath said that there was not a recorded death from tobacco until they used chemical fertilisers and then of course along came the pesticides.

By the way I lost another 3 plants and another one has gone male.

[UC Learner]

You know the system is corrupt when a naturally occuring compound is banned yet an artificial pharmacutical copy replaces it for paintant rights and greed. There needs to be some serious civil action taken. The question is, what are we as individuals doing about it and is it enough.

[Radic]

when a naturally occuring compound is banned yet an artificial pharmacutical copy replaces it for paintant rights

i hear you sista

the system sux

however

sativex is cannabis tincture

a natural botanical extract not a artificial pharmaceutical synthetic copy

GW pharmaceuticals is charging way too much

cannabis tincture is very cheap to make

if they tink we gonna cop it sweet

they gotta another tink coming

cause we can grow it and make it very eze

its clear that GW pharmaceuticals is in it for the love of money

there are others coming on to the market that will kik their butt

go down GW pharmaceuticals stop sucking the blood of the sufferer