Moderate risk
Opioids
- Why it happens
- Both depress the central nervous system, so the effects add up. Cannabis can also lower opioid tolerance in some patients.
- What it means for you
- Mild slowing of breathing is plausible when the two are combined. At the same time, some patients use cannabis to bring their opioid dose down.
- What Tiffany advises
- Let your pain management physician know. Many are supportive when cannabis helps a patient lower the opioid dose.