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“You will be asked to give consent when you join our clinic to receive medical cannabis. This consent will mean that you understand that you are receiving an unlicensed medication.”
You have been given this leaflet because you have been prescribed an unlicensed medicine. This leaflet does not replace the discussion you should have with the prescriber about your medicine, but it answers some of the questions that you may have.
Before any medicine can be used to treat people, it must go through clinical trials and full testing to show that it has met strict safety and quality standards. This means that the medicine has been approved to be used in particular groups of people, such as those above and below a certain age, and for specific conditions.
Medicine licenses are granted in the UK by a government organisation called the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency).
An unlicensed medicine has not yet been officially licensed (approved) for treating your condition in your particular circumstances. The manufacturer of the medicine may not have applied for a license because, for example, there are too few people who are using it for a clinical trial to have taken place.
Your prescriber has recommended that this unlicensed medicine be used because they think it is the most appropriate medicine for you and for the condition it is being used to treat. They think this medicine will treat your condition effectively and that the benefits are greater than any risks.
The medicine will not have gone through a full evaluation by the MHRA, including the usual clinical trials to show it is safe and effective in treating your condition. However, your prescriber will have considered all of the medical evidence available before prescribing it for you. This might be from expert groups or from publications by other medical experts who have experience in using the medicine as an unlicensed treatment.
No medicine is completely free of side-effects, even when they are fully licensed. Your prescriber will have balanced any risks against the benefits you may get. This will have been discussed with you so that you fully understand. It is important that you ask the prescriber of your medicine if you have any questions or if there is anything you have not understood or are concerned about. You should feel that you have enough information to be able to make an informed decision for yourself to be able to consent to using the treatment.
If you have any further questions, please call us on 0247 745 0733 or email support@treat-it.clinic
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