Side effect: A side effect is an unwanted effect that can happen while taking a medicine. NHS lists examples for medical cannabis including dizziness, tiredness, diarrhoea, nausea, hallucinations and mood or behavioural change.
This is one of the most searched patient terms.
NHS and NICE both encourage active side-effect reporting and monitoring.
Patients should report side effects to their medical team and may also report them through Yellow Card.
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Patients recording side effects alongside consumption may want a private tracker: Grams Left logs doses and stock without selling patient data.