Nabilone: Nabilone is a medicine taken as a capsule that NHS says can be prescribed by a specialist for adults with chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting when other treatments have not helped or are not suitable.

It is one of the few cannabis-related medicines named directly in UK public guidance.

NICE recommends considering nabilone as an add-on treatment for persistent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in adults.

It should not be generalised to other symptoms beyond its approved context.

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