In the Medicinal Cannabis Products & Clinical Considerations course, you will explore the range of available medicinal cannabis product formats and the clinical factors that guide their optimal use.

By the end, you'll be equipped to understand the key pharmacokinetic profiles, titration strategies, and dosage considerations associated with each product type—enabling more effective, patient-centred prescribing and administration.

You'll learn about oral and topical cannabis products, including how they are absorbed, metabolised, and dosed in clinical settings. The course also delves into inhalation-based formats, covering pharmacokinetics, titration methods, dosage forms, and the variety of inhalation devices used in practice. Further, you will gain essential insights into administration techniques, onset of action, and patient suitability across formats.

This knowledge will empower you to tailor treatment plans with confidence, ensuring safe, effective, and personalised therapeutic outcomes using medicinal cannabis.

Learning outcomes

After completing this activity pharmacists should be able to:

1. Define the various medicinal cannabis dosage formulations, associated routes of administration and pharmacokinetic differences.

2. Identify appropriateness of product selection and dosage strategy based on patient presentation and clinical need.

3. Describe the onset, duration, and comparable risks of the different cannabis administration routes for medicinal patients.

4. Describe the role of first-pass metabolism and its effect on the potency of orally consumed THC.

5. Explain safe administration methods for oral and inhaled products to reduce risk of adverse events.