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 May gets underway, what will we be taking a look at:

• Upcoming Event Date: Doctor Training & Insight with Althea 
• Upcoming Event Date: Cannabis as Medicine
• Receiving Patient Referrals
• The Patient Advisor 
• The IntroCann Portal 
• 2022 Updates & News
• Average Monthly Cost of Medicinal Cannabis 
• Articles 
• Medicinal Cannabis Routes of Administration Short Video Clip
• Is Medicinal Cannabis Right for your Patient?
• FAQs

Looking for more patients?

Join the Cannabis Clinics association, and join our Telemedicine platform for free. Here you can receive patient referrals and conduct virtual consultations with your medicinal cannabis patients. 

Your consult fee is guaranteed on our telemedicine platform. 

To join this, please fill out document below and send to info@cannabisclinics.co.za

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: 

• Health professionals from allied health and other disciplines are unable to submit a section 21 for medicinal cannabis to SAHPRA. We have introduced a new process in which our team of medical doctors support these health professionals in submitting a section 21 application for qualifying patients.

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. 

 Average Monthly Cost of Medicinal Cannabis 

It is important to remember that medicinal cannabis is a personalised medicine. Dosing and titrations may vary between patients, which will influence the amount of medicine a patient uses. Further information can be found on the IntroCann Portal.

• Oral
  • Initiate: CBD dominant oils: 2 – 3 bottles per month (R40 – R90/day)
  • Intermediate: Balanced 1:1 – 1 bottle per month (R30/day)
  • Experienced: THC dominant oils - 1 bottle per month (R30/day)
• Inhalation: 
  • Inhalation extract: THC dominant – ½ vaporiser cartridge per month (R15 – R30/day)
  • Inhalation flower: THC dominant – 0,5 to 1 gram per day (R50 - R100/day)

 Is Cannabis Right for your Patient? 

Medicinal Cannabis can be prescribed for: 

(NEW) Endometriosis
A disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside the uterus, causing severe pain.

(NEW) Insomnia  
Persistent problems falling and staying asleep. Most commonly related to poor sleeping habits, depression, anxiety, lack of exercise, chronic illness or certain medication. 

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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