The AJP Podcast

Managing medicinal cannabis risk

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PDL professional officer Kylie Neville discusses the issues pharmacists face when it comes to medicinal cannabis, with our podcast

In the latest edition of the AJP podcast, our host, Carlene McMaugh, speaks to Neville about the risks pharmacists face when dealing with medicinal cannabis.

The topics covered include:

  • Risk areas for pharmacists dispensing medicinal cannabis products (1 min 40)
  • The need to remind patients of THC driving laws (7:35)
  • Storage requirements for medicinal cannabis products vary based on scheduling (8:51)
  • Types of incidents related to medicinal cannabis being reported to PDL (10:17)
  • Managing patient expectations around dispensing (12:36)
  • Use of real-time prescription monitoring to reduce risks (16:10)
  • Accessing support for counselling patients (18:48)
  • Engage with patients about their use of medicinal cannabis and check how their treatment is progressing (20:15)
  • Source information from trusted evidence-based resources (22:20)
  • Pharmacists need to be aware that the medicinal cannabis space is rapidly evolving and education about products is “not set and forget” (27;56)
  • Drug to drug interactions (31:20)
  • Contraindications associated with medicinal cannabis (31:56)

    • You can access the full transcript of this podcast here. While we endeavour to ensure all important words and phrases are correct, please note there may be some minor inaccuracies in the transcription.

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