THC for shingles ?

Wasnt sure where to find this info out, so I thought this might be the best place...
My family member was diagnosed with shingles and is having extreme pain from the bacteria...
he ended up taking alot of med to relieve pain, but instead ended up in the hospital from his stomach not being able to handle the amount of acetaminophen...
anyway
now he cant take any medication for it at all, and his having extreme trouble sleeping, and because of the medication he can only eat soups and soft easy to digest foods...
so I've wanted to offer them some MJ, hopping it might be the help their looking for...
but this person has never smoked MJ, and is in his 70's, and I dont know how else to help..
any suggestions on the best way for a way I could get him high without getting him tooooo high (although ive forgotten the meaning to those words),
and if it would help with the shingles pain.

I know where you're coming from, a friend is a nurse, and he bitches at me still because i used to take handfuls of tylenol for back pain, and I know the pain you're talking about-my grandmother had shingles.
Maybe try going to a smoke shop, and get a cheap tobacco roller, and mix some green with a little pipe tobacco in a paper, or even get a cheaper wooden pipe just to try the tobacco mixing just to start.(DON'T use cigarette tobacco, It'll taste like shit)
I don't think it will aleviate the pain completely, but it should at least help.
Or, if he is against smoking altogether, try hotboxing with him for a few minutes
Good Luck!
Keep us posted.

Don't mix tobacco, use edibles; old folks prefer edibles. Getting the right dosage will be trial and error!

regards,

I was thinking edibles are the best way to go, but I have very little experience in making THC oil and infusing it with food...
anyway he ended up being in so much pain he said he'd try it out,
I wanted to buy a vaporizer for him, but the only good ones seemed somewhat pricey...
I ended up filling up my bong with hot and then super cold water and ice and went out and left out some strong stuff and some less strong stuff...
just came back he said the pain was gone for the last 4 hrs ive been gone, and apprenttly its still alleviating his pain...
he took two hits and not one =), but said theres some discomfort of MJ taste in his mouth and lungs, but def more helpful then bothersome,
thx for responses