Educating and empowering doctors to effectively incorporate medicinal cannabis as a component of patient treatment. 

What is in this month's newsletter?

As the month of March get's under way, what will we be taking a look at:

• Upcoming Event Date: Product Selection when Prescribing Medicinal Cannabis
• The IntroCann Portal 
• 2022 Updates & News
• Dosing of Medicinal Cannabis 
• Articles 
• Cannabis & Addiction Short Video Clip
• FAQs
• Is Medicinal Cannabis Right for your Patient?
  • New indications have been approved by SAHPRA

IntroCann has automated and simplified the Section 21 Application process through the development of an online portal allowing for simple and seamless prescribing of this groundbreaking medication.
 
Recent Updates: 

• We have been working hard to bring about a significant reduction in product pricing,  making this medication more accessible for patients.  View our updated pricing on the Portal.

What's new in 2022?

Patient Ordering Portal 

Greenways Dispensary will soon be launching their Patient Ordering Portal, from which registered patients can seamlessly and quickly order their medicine online. 

Dosing of Medicinal Cannabis 

It is important to remember that medicinal cannabis is personalised medicine. Dosing and titrations may vary between patients. Titration and dosage information for various conditions can be found on the IntroCann Portal.

• CBD oils - dosage range from 1 to 3 bottles a month;
• 1:1 oils - dosage range is one bottle per month;
• THC oils - dosage range is one bottle per month;
• THC flower - dosage range of 0.5 to 1 gram per day - specially for break through pain;
• THC vaporiser - dosage range of one vaporiser cartridge per month - specially for breakthrough pain.

 Is Cannabis Right for your Patient? 

Medicinal Cannabis can be prescribed for: 

(NEW) Insomnia caused by Chronic Pain 
Insomnia caused by varying chronic pain conditions, such as sciatica, arthritis types and trauma-induced chronic pain. 

Chronic Pain 
This includes rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, trauma-induced chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and others. 

Spasticity 
This includes conditions like multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which cause spasticity. 

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV)
 Nause and Vomiting as a result of cancer treatments can be managed with medicinal cannabis.

Seizures
 Medicinal cannabis is well documented in playing a part in seizure management and reduction.  


Why Full-Spectrum, GMP Cannabis?  
The cannabis plant contains more than 100 terpene compounds that enhance the effect of cannabis described as the ‘entourage effect’. It is thus advisable to use full-spectrum medicinal cannabis over its synthetic or hemp-derived counterparts.

Frequently Asked Questions
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