Prescribing (lots of) Cannabis in Australia
My name is Mark, I’m a 58 year old UK GP who left for Australia in 2015 with my GP wife after finding running our own separate practices less than rewarding. Here’s my experien
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Medical Cannabis: The View From Primary Care
GPs are the first point of contact for most patients and have noticed a substantial increase in the number of expectant patients requesting medicinal cannabis. The rescheduling of
What’s still missing from medical education?
Despite the re-scheduling of cannabis-based medicines almost 2-years ago in the UK, patient access to medical cannabis remains extremely limited with only a few hundred scripts iss
Cannabinoids in Dermatology
While current research has mainly been focused on the role cannabinoids in pain management, neurological conditions, mood disorders and cancers, new studies are demonstrating how c
Fibromyalgia and Medical Cannabis
Fibromyalgia is a disorder of chronic pain which affects somewhere between 1.8 million and 2.9 million people in the UK. It is a subjective condition with no clear understanding of
De-prescribing with Medical Cannabis
Polypharmacy, defined as the use of multiple drugs or more than are medically necessary, is a growing problem across the western world and unfortunately has become the norm rather
Science of the Plant II – The Future of Medical Cannabis & its Place in Clinical Practice
Watch again, Dr Leon Barron and Professor Dedi Meiri, speaking on The Future of Medical Cannabis and it’s Place in Clinical Practice – a webinar in association with The
British Journal of General Practice – Cannabis In Primary Care
Dr Leon Barron and Dr Dani Gordon’s editorial on Cannabis In Primary Care proposes that GPs are perhaps the best placed of all doctors to prescribe medical cannabis. The recl
Problematic Prescribing
A recent report conducted by Public Health England found that 1 in 4 people in England are taking addictive prescription medicine such as antidepressants, sleeping pills and o