PATIENT SUPPORT
Storing your medication safely
Your medication is a Schedule 2 controlled drug. Treating it with the same care you would give any strong medicine keeps you, and everyone around you, out of trouble.
AT HOME
Where and how to keep it
Always keep your medication in the original packaging it was dispensed in, with the pharmacy label intact. The label is what identifies the medicine as yours and lawfully supplied, and the packaging is designed to protect what is inside. Never decant it into a tin, a pot or an unlabelled container.
All medical cannabis products must be stored in an airtight lockable container, out of the sight and reach of children and pets. Any oil that needs refrigerating must be kept between 2 and 8 degrees, in a lockable container in the fridge, so that children and others cannot get to it easily. Keep everything else away from heat, damp and direct sunlight, so not on a windowsill, not in a bathroom and not in a car. Safe storage is your own responsibility. If you need any advice or tips, please contact the clinic.
YOURS ALONE
Never share it, never sell it
Your prescription was written for you, after an assessment of your history. It is not safe or lawful for anyone else to take it. Supplying a controlled drug to another person is a criminal offence, and it makes no difference that it was prescribed to you or that you were only trying to help a friend or relative.
Be sensible about who knows you have it. There is no shame in a prescription, and you may well choose to tell close family or an employer. There is simply no reason for it to be common knowledge, and fewer people knowing means fewer risks to manage.
Sharing is a criminal offence
Passing your prescribed medication to anyone else, with or without payment, is a criminal offence. Keep it for your own use only, and keep it stored where nobody else can reach it.
UNUSED MEDICATION
What to do with anything left over
If your treatment changes, or you have medication you no longer need, return it to a pharmacy. Pharmacies dispose of controlled drugs under proper legal procedures and will take it back without any fuss. Do not put it in a household bin, do not flush it, and do not pass it to anyone else.
Tell us as well, so your records are accurate and your next review starts from the right picture. It also helps us and your pharmacy avoid dispensing something you are no longer taking.
LOST OR STOLEN
If something goes missing
If your medicine is lost or stolen, report it to the police and get a crime reference number, then contact us and the pharmacy that supplied it. We cannot replace it without that reference.
If your medicine was lost in transit to you, both we and your dispensing pharmacy will ask the postal or courier service to investigate. Because both of us need to do this to comply with healthcare regulations, we cannot prescribe or dispense a replacement for 7 days. Nobody will be judged for reporting a loss. What matters is that it is recorded properly and dealt with quickly.
Safekeeping checklist
Original pharmacy labelled packaging, always.
Out of sight, out of reach of children and pets.
An airtight lockable container.
Cool, dry and dark, with any oil that needs it kept in the fridge at 2 to 8 degrees.
Never shared, never sold, never passed on.
Unused medication returned to a pharmacy, never binned or flushed.
Loss or theft reported to the police for a crime reference number, then to us and your pharmacy.
Only the people who need to know that you have it.
All treatment is subject to clinical assessment and eligibility.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Careful care, from the first appointment onwards.
Ongoing support is included in the £9.99 per month membership. All treatment is subject to clinical assessment and eligibility.
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