Medicinal Cannabis for Health Professionals - London

Medicinal Cannabis for Health Professionals is organized by Medical Choices UK and will be held on Sep 16, 2019 at David Game College, London, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
A 2.5 hr seminar to provide an introductory education around medicinal cannabis, how it works, conditions for prescribing, UK prescribing pathway, research and much more.

Medicinal Cannabis (MC) was legalised in The UK in November 2018 after the UK Chief Medical Officer agreed that cannabis is a medicine. It has now moved from Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to Schedule 2, allowing clinicians listed on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council to prescribe it. GP's in a shared care arrangement with a specialist can also prescribe.

There is strong global clinical and peer-reviewed scientific evidence that MC may be of benefit in: chronic pain, Multiple Sclerosis, nausea in cancer related chemotherapy, drug resistant epilepsy, and for palliative care. In the UK, the prescribing clinician may prescribe MC for any condition where there is clinical justification. 

Our seminar will discuss :
• The history of cannabis use as a medicine
• The human Endocannabinoid System (ECS) - its components and function
• How Phytocannabinoids from cannabis interact with the ECS
• The scientific/clinical evidence for prescribing in patient conditions and symptoms
• Current research - both pre-clinical and clinical with MC
• Dosage forms and pharmaceutical presentations
• The UK prescribing pathway and regulatory system
• The prescribed patient perspective - a description of efficacy
• The Medical Cannabis market forecast and trends around the world