Illume Cannabis Wellness

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01/22/2023

I’m a pharmacist who is also knowledgeable about cannabinoid-based medicine 🌱. If you are interested in exploring natural options to help manage problems such as chronic pain, anxiety/depression, insomnia, fibromyalgia, migraines, IBS, endometriosis pain, or Crohn’s disease I may be able to help you. In addition, if you’re interested if CBD or cannabis MAY be a good fit for your condition, I offer a FREE 15 min consult to discuss that with you.

I would be honored to use my 30 plus years of pharmacy experience to help you to optimize your medication and quality of life. Many patients on cannabinoid-based medicine are able to reduce or eliminate prescription medications they may be on. I’d love to help you feel YOUR best.

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Also, please check my website for general health/wellness and cannabinoid-based education and information: ICWRXdotcom
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405-237-8024.

Thanks for reading my post, and I look forward to meeting you!

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01/06/2023

Friends, I saw this graphic on KFOR today while watching the news. Edibles THC products are converted by the liver to a compound called 11-hydroxy-THC, which is roughly 4 times more potent than THC. I have several pharmacist friends who work at Oklahoma Poison Control who I am sure would like me to get the word out.

While many adults just get uncomfortably anxious, or extremely sleepy, unintentional ingestion by children can cause bradycardia (low heart rate), difficulty in breathing (sometimes requiring mechanical ventilation) and other serious side effects. My Canna Pharmacist friend Codi Peterson is also a pediatric ER pharmacist in CA and sees this with some frequency.

Cannabis is a medicine, and as such we should treat it like one. I have some safety products available for purchase on my website at:

Illumecannabiswellness.com

Go to online store and you will find them there. FREE delivery in OKC area metro. One is smell proof with a 3 digit combination. The other is water-resistant and floats and has a place where you can add your own key or combination. Message me here if hou would like to purchase one, or email me at :
drerik@illumecannabiswellness.com

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12/28/2022

The New Year is right around the corner. Do you have health related goals you want to achieve? Are you taking MULTIPLE medications but feel you are getting worse rather than better? Are you open to cannibinoid-based medicine?

I’ve been there too. Let me use my 30 plus years experience as a pharmacist and 2 years experience with cannabinoid-based medicine help YOU achieve YOUR best quality of life. ICWRX.com or 405-237-8024.

12/16/2022

I’m all for making it easier to gradually wean off of opioids using suboxone or methadone. Opioid withdrawal symptoms can be intense, and are indeed a major reason to go back to using them. I applaud what is being done here. However, there are other ways besides using an opioid.

Cannabis can also be used to block the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms. And, unlike opioids, there is no risk of respiratory depression. Yet many lawmakers are still living in the “reefer madness” prohibition era. Many Oklahoma federally elected officials fall into this category, some even voting “No” on cannabis RESEARCH bills. One has a son who experienced a brain injury (cannabinoids MAY be effective in helping these patients through reduction in neuroinflammation and for their anti-oxidant properties.) If you don’t believe me, take a look at
Patent No. 6,630,507.

The Biden Administration is moving to make pandemic rules that allow for take-home drugs that help fight opioid addiction permanent.

12/03/2022

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11/24/2022

https://brokeassstuart.com/2015/11/19/marijuana-thanksgiving-recipes-for-a-happy-danksgiving/

You should not consume all of these dishes in one day, you’ll hallucinate and puke and think you’re in hell. But preparing one or two of these recipes might make for a memorable (if not remembered) Thanksgiving dinner.

11/24/2022

There have been times in my life when I have focused on what I DIDN'T have more than that which I already do. The older I have become, I realize that material possessions are far less important to me than my family and friends, my time, my health, and my general outlook on life. I am grateful for exercise for the way in which it helps my body and mind. I am grateful for the nutritional and dietary changes which have allowed me to improve my health. I am also grateful for both traditional and non-traditional medicine, part of which are cannabinoids. The COMBINATION of BOTH types of medicine has allowed me to achieve goals that I had difficulty achieving with only pharmaceutical meds. I am grateful for PLANT MEDICINE.

11/20/2022

I really like this quote, and have found it to be very applicable to my life. However, if you are like me, sometimes it seems like what we would like to achieve is beyond our reach. I've felt that way in my own life, and with my own health. By reaching out to individuals with greater knowledge than I have on subjects in which I have difficulty, I have been able to improve my health and well-being one step at a time. In addition, I have been able to decrease the number of medications I take by more than half and am currently working with my care team to decrease that amount even further. Let me help you with your goals, and help you be GREATest version of yourself that you can be. 405-237-8024.



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11/19/2022

Do you have conditions such as chronic pain, fibromyalgia, anxiety, insomnia, Crohn's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's, endometriosis, or any other disease in which you get less of an effect than you would like from traditional pharmaceutical medications? Adding cannabinoids MAY be part of the solution. I provide a free 15 min consult to see if cannabis/cannabinoids may be able to help you. If we determine together it is something you want to pursue, I provide a customized treatment plan to help you reach YOUR goals. I would be honored to help you!

11/19/2022

Have you ever walked into a forest full of pine trees and noticed that you felt like you could breathe better? These effects are due to the terpene alpha-pinene. This is a good "daytime" terpene. It is also reported to decrease the memory loss (temporary) which can sometimes be a side effect of THC. While I prefer to look at strains by terpene content rather than name, common popular strains in which this occurs are Blue Dream, Strawberry Cough, Girl Scout Cookies (GSC), Jack Herer, Harlequin, and OG Kush. Always ask your dispensary professional to see a certificate of analysis or ask them to show you terpene content.

All information presented on slides is taken from Cannabis is Medicine by Bonni Goldstein, MD, and/or The Big Book of Terps by Russ Hudson.

11/17/2022

This is another terpene that makes it a good choice for "after work" use, especially for sleep since it tends to be the most sedating. It is in lavender, and is calming/relaxing to most people. It is no wonder then that this terpene would possess those same properties in the cannabis plant.

I would like to see more research on its properties against bacteria and fungi. Antibiotic/antifungal medications are always in a race against the bacteria/fungus getting resistant to the medications.





Slide information sources include Cannabis is Medicine by Bonni Goldstein, MD and The Big Book or Terps by Russ Hudson.