5 mg (lowest-dose)
marinol per day to
stay out of pain. Medicare and Humana will not cover
marinol for pain or BP since manufacturers have not submitted these applications to the FDA. In addition, dosage and timing are big problems...
Doctors do not understand that (1) the only available form - refrigerated gel tabs - do not take effect until 2.5 hours and (2) the effects only last for another 3 hours.