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Dosing Cannabis Medicine with Dustin Sulak, DO
Dosing Cannabis Medicine with Dustin Sulak, DO
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20 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2021
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Podcast episode
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We discuss dosing medical cannabis with Dr. Dustin Sulak. Dustin is an osteopathic general practitioner who focuses on treating patients with refractory conditions using an individualized, health-centered approach. Dr. Sulak is a founder of Integr8 Health, a medical practice in Maine that follows over 8,000 patients using medical cannabis, and cofounder of Healer.com, a medical cannabis education resource. Dustin has also participated in every CannMed Event since our first event in 2016. He serves on our CannMed Advisory Board, evaluating abstracts and helping select presenters, and he is an instructor on our full-day CannMed Medical Practicum.
Topics discussed include:
Why dosing medical cannabis is different from other therapeutics The fact that cannabinoids can have biphasic and even triphasic effects How a patient's optimal dose can change over time, commonly going downHow patients commonly build a tolerance to the adverse effects of cannabis but not the benefits The benefits of working with a trained medical provider to determine one's optimal dose, but also strategies for how patients can find it on their ownHow can cannabis be used for health promotion and disease prevention How using a variety of cannabis cultivars and not sticking to just one strain can be beneficial for patients
Thanks to our Sponsor: Cannabis Patient Care magazine
Cannabis Patient Care magazine is an educational resource for patients, medical professionals, caregivers, and advocates on the latest research, benefits, and treatment options medical cannabis provides for a variety of illnesses. They are excited to announce that their March issue will be coming out next week with a focus on chronic pain. The issue features content from industry thought-leaders in medical cannabis, including Brendan McKernan, CEO of Medicinal Genomics, Eloise Theisen, board-certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and a medical leader of this year's CannMed Medical Practicum, and many others.
Visit cannapatientcare.com to learn more.
Additional Resources
Handbook of Cannabis Clinicians Society of Cannabis Clinicians Healer.com Dosage ProgramCannMed 2019 Presentation - The Role of Cannabis in Integrative Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Dustin Sulak, DO
Topics discussed include:
Why dosing medical cannabis is different from other therapeutics The fact that cannabinoids can have biphasic and even triphasic effects How a patient's optimal dose can change over time, commonly going downHow patients commonly build a tolerance to the adverse effects of cannabis but not the benefits The benefits of working with a trained medical provider to determine one's optimal dose, but also strategies for how patients can find it on their ownHow can cannabis be used for health promotion and disease prevention How using a variety of cannabis cultivars and not sticking to just one strain can be beneficial for patients
Thanks to our Sponsor: Cannabis Patient Care magazine
Cannabis Patient Care magazine is an educational resource for patients, medical professionals, caregivers, and advocates on the latest research, benefits, and treatment options medical cannabis provides for a variety of illnesses. They are excited to announce that their March issue will be coming out next week with a focus on chronic pain. The issue features content from industry thought-leaders in medical cannabis, including Brendan McKernan, CEO of Medicinal Genomics, Eloise Theisen, board-certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and a medical leader of this year's CannMed Medical Practicum, and many others.
Visit cannapatientcare.com to learn more.
Additional Resources
Handbook of Cannabis Clinicians Society of Cannabis Clinicians Healer.com Dosage ProgramCannMed 2019 Presentation - The Role of Cannabis in Integrative Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Dustin Sulak, DO
Released:
Mar 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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