NICE Guideline: Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products
12 Nov, 2019 | 11:27h | UTCCannabis-based medicinal products – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Commentaries: Drug experts on the new guidance for medicinal cannabis – The Conversation (free) AND Ian Hamilton: New guidelines for prescribing medicinal cannabis—another dashed hope for patients – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Related: Guideline for Prescribing Medical Cannabinoids in Primary Care – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Cannabinoids for Chronic Pain – Therapeutics Initiative AND (free) Meta-Analysis: Insufficient Evidence for The Use of Cannabinoids for Treating Mental Disorders – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The Effects of Cannabis Among Adults With Chronic Pain – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract and commentaries)
“In short, NICE has concluded that more research is needed before it can recommend the use of cannabis-based products for medicinal use.” (from The Conversation)