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About this book
Cannabis -Â A Comprehensive Guide
The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes can be traced back to antiquity, but it is only recently that it has garnered attention as one of the most exciting medical-pharmaceutical topics. In hardly any other area of pharmacotherapy has knowledge of late developed with comparable dynamism. Experts from different fields are continuously working on new scientific evidence for the therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids in order to provide patients with quality-assured cannabis medicines.
For the first time, representatives of all relevant disciplines contributed to an exhaustive work on this topic, addressing the following subjects:
History ? Botany ? Biosynthesis ? Breeding and Cultivation | Import | Supply chain | Quality Assurance and Quality Control | Pharmacology ? Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics | Indications and Evidence of Pharmacotherapy ? Risks and Side Effects ? Driving Safety | Legal Status of Cannabinoid-containing Medicinal Products and Non-Medicinal Products ? Case Studies from Selected European Countries ? Dosage Forms and Ways of Administration ? Forms of Consumption in Recreational Use | Identity Testing of Starting Materials | Manufacture of Magistral Preparations and Officinal Medicinal Products | Legal Status of Cannabis Prescriptions | Reimbursement and Price Calculation | Narcotics Documentation | Legal Framework Conditions of Care | Patient Counselling
The concentrated expertise created a unique, comprehensive picture offering an unprecedented, consolidated scientific and legal framework of medical cannabis care. All facts have been conscientiously researched and meticulously reviewed. The result is a scientifically valid work setting new standards.
For all those who deal with cannabis for professional or personal reasons, this exceptional book is indispensable.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1. The history of cannabis
- 2. Botanical description
- 3. Biosynthetic pathways of the cannabinoids
- 4. Different products and their supply chain
- 5. Supply of medical cannabis
- 6. Pharmacological basis of cannabinoid action
- 7. Medical applications and their evidence
- 8 Cannabis as a stimulant
- 9 Risks associated with the medical use of cannabis
- 10 Legal framework for the use of cannabis
- 11 Legal status of medicinal cannabis and Âcannabinoids in Germany
- 12 Legal status of cannabis and cannabinoids in non-medicinal products
- 13 Medicinal Cannabis: Case studies from selected European countries
- 14 Forms and methods of administration
- 15 Compounding of medicinal products containing cannabinoids in the pharmacy
- 16 Supply of cannabis prescriptions in the pharmacy
- 17 Narcotics documentation
- 18 Important considerations for counseling cannabis patients
- Photo credits
- The editor
- The authors