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Over the counter since February. Number of products on the counter? Zero.
The TGA moved low-dose CBD, up to 150 mg a day, to pharmacist-only last year. But to be sold that way, a product has to be registered. As of now, none has been. The only registered cannabis medicines are two prescription ones, for rare childhood epilepsy and MS spasticity.
Professor Jennifer Martin, a clinical pharmacologist, says the over-the-counter dose is probably too low to work for most symptoms. CBD can also slow how your liver clears other medicines, which matters if you take anything else.
I grow calendula. I know the pull of a plant remedy. That's exactly why I want the registration done properly. A law with nothing on the shelf is a headline, love, not a product.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2021-10-17
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