Cannabis
A Handbook for Science and Practice
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Beschreibung
Cannabis - A Comprehensive Guide
The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes can be traced back to antiquity, but it is only recently that it has garnered attention as one of the most exciting medical-pharmaceutical topics. In hardly any other area of pharmacotherapy has knowledge of late developed with comparable dynamism. Experts from different fields are continuously working on new scientific evidence for the therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids in order to provide patients with quality-assured cannabis medicines.
For the first time, representatives of all relevant disciplines contributed to an exhaustive work on this topic, addressing the following subjects:
History │ Botany │ Biosynthesis │ Breeding and Cultivation | Import | Supply chain | Quality Assurance and Quality Control | Pharmacology │ Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics | Indications and Evidence of Pharmacotherapy │ Risks and Side Effects │ Driving Safety | Legal Status of Cannabinoid-containing Medicinal Products and Non-Medicinal Products │ Case Studies from Selected European Countries │ Dosage Forms and Ways of Administration │ Forms of Consumption in Recreational Use | Identity Testing of Starting Materials | Manufacture of Magistral Preparations and Officinal Medicinal Products | Legal Status of Cannabis Prescriptions | Reimbursement and Price Calculation | Narcotics Documentation | Legal Framework Conditions of Care | Patient Counselling
The concentrated expertise created a unique, comprehensive picture offering an unprecedented, consolidated scientific and legal framework of medical cannabis care. All facts have been conscientiously researched and meticulously reviewed. The result is a scientifically valid work setting new standards.
For all those who deal with cannabis for professional or personal reasons, this exceptional book is indispensable.
Autor*in
Andreas S. Ziegler
Dr. Andreas S. Ziegler studierte Pharmazie an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg mit anschließender Promotion am dortigen Lehrstuhl für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie. Seit 2005 ist er Referent und Wissenschaftspublizist. Seit 2007 ist er Fachapotheker für pharmazeutische Technologie und hat einen Lehrauftrag für das Fach Pharmazeutische Technologie an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Bücher, die im Deutschen Apotheker Verlag erschienen sind, Mitarbeiter des Cyran-Rotta Apothekenbetriebsordnung Kommentars sowie Sprecher des Ausschusses zur Digitalisierung und Innovation der pharmazeutischen Berufsausübung (DIPhaB) der Bayerischen Landesapothekerkammer.
Themen in »Cannabis«
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