Why is it only $33?
Doctor B always wanted to be a cardiologist. He applied twice but didn’t get the fellowship. One of his professors told him it was because he needed to lose weight. Cardiologists have to be skinny. She said to try again in ten years like this other doc.
This was before GLP-1 analogs. Maybe if it was today, he’d have a shot. He tried them for a couple of months but felt like they were shrinking all of his muscles which his friend an endocrinologist confirmed was the case. He decided it wasn’t worth the risk of the medication shrinking his heart muscle. His friend the endocrinologist who had probably forgotten cardiology mistakenly thought shrinking the muscle of the heart would be good for the heart. It would not be good if the cardiac myocytes themselves were shrinking. Either way, he stopped taking the medication after 2 months. Any weight he lost, he quickly gained back. Then about a year later he started drinking 2-3 Gatorlyte drinks per day. He lost 45 pounds in a month with minimal exercise. He realized the Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Magnesium, and Calcium in Gatorlyte were the same basic elements needed for glycolysis and the kreb’s cycle. He calculated it out. 2-3 Gatorlyte drinks per day was about $100 per month. That was better than the $200 copay on a $2000 medication made in Europe that the endocrinologist agrees shrinks your muscles.
Dr. B did a Masters of Public Health through an NIH sponsored program in Clinical Investigation. He did a bunch of research on cardiology, specifically congestive heart failure. His end project involved BNP aka B type Natriuretic peptide. His research showed that a 1 unit increase in BNP increased the odds of hospitalization by a significant value. He had suggested putting constant BNP monitoring devices in CHF patients to follow them when they left the hospital. His other professor had said this was impossible due to something called money.
Is medical marijuana safe?
Dr B recommends only using marijuana after age 22. The brain is developing until then.
What kind of marijuana should I try?
Dr B recommends sativa or sativa hybrids for people with depression.
Dr B recommends sativa or indica hybrids for people with anxiety.
Dr B does not recommend indica marijuana for most people.
Why should I get my medical marijuana card here?
Dr B believes marijuana to be a fairly benign substance. Its effects have not been able to be studied due to public stigma and federal laws. The recent change in DEA classification of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III may lead to research, but will likely be hampered by major corporations not letting doctors recommend marijuana and other corporations that would rather not research delta-limonene.
Dr B plans to enroll his patients in a cohort study examining the effects of whatever marijuana they end up using on their condition. Hopefully this study will lead to a removal of marijuana from the DEA Schedule.
2/5/2026 KB
$33 Illinois Medical Marijuana certification
Please email kb@mjchicago.com with your name, phone number and diagnosis.
I will contact you in 2-3 business days.
-Dr B