Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44130

Charcot Marie Tooth Disease: Cannabis

Tabled: 3 April 2025

Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Laurence Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prescribing medical cannabis to treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) does not recommend the use of any cannabis-based medicines to manage chronic or neuropathic pain in adults and that cannabidiol (CBD) only be offered as part of a clinical trial.NICE recognises ...

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