I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. I'm in pain constantly from the arthritis. It's in my lower back, elbows, knees, fingers, toes and feet. The only relief that I get is from my opiate pain medication, currently Vicodin 7.5/325. I don't like taking opiate medications because they make me nauseated and don't work well enough for me. It scares me because I wonder how life will be like with no pain relief at all. At the same time, I know the effects of long term opiate use and physical dependencies. I am only 24 and cursed with this disease. Recently, I have read that people are managing their pain with Marinol. A lot of what I have read from patients claim they have little to no bad side effects. It says the drug may be habit forming, but I have not seen many posts about withdrawals from this drug. I'm trying to look into Marinol as an alternative therapy. I have done chiropractic therapies and physical rehabilitation and nothing else works. Is this medication safer than what I'm currently on? If so, why is this medication which is the same schedule as my current medication so hard to get prescribed to?