Patients prescribed high doses of opioids need to be managed appropriately to reduce risks of morbidity and mortality.

Patients and physicians need to be aware of the important implications that medical cannabis use may have for driving.

It is unlikely that medicinal cannabis will be used as a first-line agent for the management of pain, nausea and other specific symptoms, but it may have a complementary role within palliative care.

A woman aged 42 years presented with left-sided facial pain of three weeks’ duration.

Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.

Botulinum neurotoxin is an effective treatment for various movement disorders that are disabling and frequently under-recognised.

Regular contraceptive review should take account of the fact that women’s reasons for use may shift between contraceptive and non-contraceptive purposes.