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Could Meloxicam For Back Pain And Smoking Of Marijuana Cause Difficulty Sleeping And Hallucination?

Hi I have taken meloxicam to ease back pain. Throughout the night I have smoked quiet a bit of marijuana and am now finding myself not able to sleep and hallucinating much more than I ever have on marijuana. Could there be any corolation between the two?
Fri, 18 Jul 2014
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HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.
GOING BY YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THE SYMPTOMS YOU MENTIONED ARE MORE POSITIVELY CORRELATED TO SMOKING MARIJUANA.OFCOURSE NSAID'S LIKE MELOXICAM HAS POTENTIATING EFFECTS ON MARIJUANA.SMOKING EXCESS MARIJUANA IS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISTURBANCES RANGING FROM ATAXIA,DIZZINESS,COGNITIVE DISTURBANCES,TREMORS,SEIZURES,MEMORY DISTURBANCES,HALLUCINATIONS,SLEEP DIFFICULTIES,BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS,GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCES.IT BELONGS TO PSCHYDELIC GROUP OF DRUGS BEING MORE PRONE FOR ABUSE LIABILITY.I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO QUIT SMOKING MARIJUANA UNDER EXPERT GUIDANCE.
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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Could Meloxicam For Back Pain And Smoking Of Marijuana Cause Difficulty Sleeping And Hallucination?

HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC. GOING BY YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THE SYMPTOMS YOU MENTIONED ARE MORE POSITIVELY CORRELATED TO SMOKING MARIJUANA.OFCOURSE NSAID S LIKE MELOXICAM HAS POTENTIATING EFFECTS ON MARIJUANA.SMOKING EXCESS MARIJUANA IS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISTURBANCES RANGING FROM ATAXIA,DIZZINESS,COGNITIVE DISTURBANCES,TREMORS,SEIZURES,MEMORY DISTURBANCES,HALLUCINATIONS,SLEEP DIFFICULTIES,BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS,GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCES.IT BELONGS TO PSCHYDELIC GROUP OF DRUGS BEING MORE PRONE FOR ABUSE LIABILITY.I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO QUIT SMOKING MARIJUANA UNDER EXPERT GUIDANCE. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.