Medicinal cannabis can safely relieve cancer pain, while curbing the total number of meds and opioids taken, suggest the results of a multicentre registry study, published online in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
May 2, 2023
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Interest in cannabis-based medicines (CBMs) has increased in Australia, but while recent policy and legislative changes have enabled health practitioners to prescribe CBMs, many patients still struggle to access them.
Jan 17, 2023
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An estimated 600,000 Australians are using medical cannabis—but that's according to data from 2019. Considering the dramatic increase in the number of doctors registering to prescribe in the past two years, and the rapid ...
Dec 19, 2022
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A new study urges that state and federal regulators need to take a closer look at health and safety risks of the growing medicinal and recreational cannabis market.
Sep 14, 2022
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New research from the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative finds most Australians are still medicating with illicit cannabis, although numbers accessing prescription products have risen dramatically.
Aug 25, 2022
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A comprehensive assessment of the benefits of medical cannabis for cancer-related pain found that for most oncology patients, pain measures improved significantly, other cancer-related symptoms also decreased, the consumption ...
May 20, 2022
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Of the 248,000 scripts approved for Australians since the inception of the national medicinal cannabis scheme in 2016, many related to conditions for which the drug has limited evidence of efficacy, a new University of Sydney ...
May 10, 2022
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It's everywhere from gas stations to grocery stores and trendy boutique shops, all advertising the availability of "delta-8-THC." It's a hemp-derived cousin of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—more commonly known as cannabis—the ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Epileptic seizure frequency fell by an average of 86% among 10 children treated with whole plant medicinal cannabis, reveals a case series, published in the open access journal BMJ Paediatrics Open.
Dec 14, 2021
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The recent approval of two domestically produced cannabidiol (CBD) oil products—non-intoxicating cannabis compounds—may have provided new optimism to patients on cannabis prescriptions. Slow progress with product approvals ...
Oct 13, 2021
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