Medical Cannabis for Palliative Care
Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for patients with serious, life-limiting illnesses. Medical cannabis can play an important role in palliative care, helping to manage pain, anxiety, nausea, and other distressing symptoms.
Benefits in Palliative Settings
For patients receiving palliative care, medical cannabis may offer several benefits:
- Effective pain management, particularly for neuropathic and cancer-related pain
- Reduction of anxiety and improvement of psychological wellbeing
- Management of nausea and vomiting
- Stimulation of appetite
- Improvement of sleep quality
- Reduction of breathlessness in some patients
Accessing Medical Cannabis for Palliative Care
Patients receiving palliative care may be eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. CPGUK can help connect patients and their families with specialist doctors who have experience in prescribing cannabis-based medicines for palliative conditions.