Use of Cannabis in the Management of Refractory Epilepsy

Cannabis is fast gaining recognition in the media for its beneficial effects in the treatment of otherwise intractable epilepsy(1). The United Kingdom government, consistent with …

Pharmacogenetics & Antidepressants: Is it all in genes?

In the last article we discussed the evidence to support the use of antidepressants and which ones seem to be the most useful. Following on …

Antidepressants – What’s the evidence?

Antidepressant prescribing is showing no signs of slowing down, increasing year on year. The total number of prescribed antidepressants increased by 4.6million between the years …

Clozapine: the most controversial drug you’ve never heard of?

Despite the fact that schizophrenia is one of the most common psychotic disorders, its diagnosis is so complex that it requires specialist input from secondary …

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Cannabis: What Is It and What Are The Different Routes of Administration

ACE Inhibitors – Renal friend or foe

As clinicians we offer our patients Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or more commonly ‘ACE Inhibitors’ for renal protection but along with their ‘sister’ drug ARB’s (Angiotensin-2 …

THINK SEPSIS: The what’s, when’s and 999’s

46,000 people die in the UK from this condition ever year (NHS: Sepsis overview 2016). Sepsis claims more lives than lung cancer, and more than …

CBD: Advice for Health Care Professionals

You may be one of the many health care professionals who has been approached by patients looking for advice about CBD oil. It appears its …

Cannabis: what it is and why you need to know about it

In November 2018 the British Home Office made the prescribing of Cannabis on the NHS legal in certain restricted circumstances. In the same year Canada …