Medical Cannabis Oils
Dosing and Guidance for Safe and Effective Treatment in Adults and Children
2025 | Kindle eBook, PDF & Paperback | Editor Evan Cole Lewis, Associate Editor Rowan Thompson
A practical guide for clinicians prescribing cannabis-based medicinal products in real-world practice.
Medical Cannabis Oils: Dosing and Guidance for Safe and Effective Treatment in Adults and Children has been developed for healthcare professionals who want clear, practical support when prescribing cannabis oil treatments.
Designed for prescribing clinicians, nurse practitioners, GPs, pharmacist prescribers, healthcare educators and other professionals working with cannabis-based medicinal products, this handbook provides evidence-informed guidance on safe initiation, titration, monitoring and review.
The guide presents dosing tables for 12 common clinical indications, helping clinicians apply a structured and cautious approach in practice. It supports the core prescribing principle of starting low, increasing slowly, and tailoring treatment to the individual patient’s needs, response and tolerability.
This practical reference for healthcare professionals provides clear, clinically relevant guidance on cannabis oil dosing in adults and children. This medical cannabis oils dosing guide brings together practical CBPM dosing guidance for clinicians, including cannabis oil titration, CBD and THC dose adjustment, patient monitoring and safe prescribing considerations. It is intended to support structured, evidence-informed decision-making when initiating or reviewing cannabis-based medicinal products in clinical practice.
Conditions covered
The guide includes dosing guidance for:
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Chronic pain
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Headache
- Multiple sclerosis
- PTSD
- Sleep disorders
- Tics and Tourette syndrome
- Cannabis use disorder
What the guide includes
Beyond dosing schedules, this publication also covers key areas of safe prescribing, including:
- adverse-effect management
- drug-interaction considerations
- patient monitoring
- treatment adjustment
- harm-reduction principles
- cessation of inhaled cannabis where appropriate
Drawing on current research, clinical experience and expert consensus, the guide is intended to help clinicians prescribe with greater confidence, consistency and patient safety. Whether used as a practical reference in clinic, a teaching resource, or a support tool for shared care discussions, this medical cannabis dosing guide offers clinicians a clear framework for safer, more consistent cannabis oil prescribing. It supports informed clinical judgement, careful CBD and THC titration, patient monitoring and treatment planning across adult and paediatric practice.