Clinics Curaleaf: Process/Timing of follow up consultation & 2nd prescription

[BudGuy]

Hi all,

Started application with Curaleaf in late Dec '24. Had initial consultation 2nd week of January '25, was accepted in the middle of the 3rd week of January and received my first medication a couple of days later.

I've booked my follow up consultation for the middle of February and it will be just short of 28 days since my medicine first arrived.

It's just past 3 weeks since the issue date of my first prescription.

On the Curaleaf patient portal, under prescriptions, I can see the option to "request more", and elsewhere on the website I've read that you can request more 3 weeks after the issue date of your last prescription.

So my question is does that apply to me, or as this is my "follow up" consultation, do I need to wait until that consultation has been and the Dr I meet with will issue my 2nd prescription, and then use the "request more" feature on the portal from then onwards? Or can/should I request more medicine before that follow up consultation?

I should add that I do potentially want to make a slight change to my prescription. I am happy with both strains I've been given, and I'm happy with the 30g size of my prescription, but my prescription is a 20g:10g ratio of daytime:nighttime strain whereas I've found that I use both almost equally and am finding a need to conserve the nighttime strain to stretch it the month. So I'm considering requesting to increase the prescription of the nighttime strain so that the ratio is 20g:20g, although I intend to still only consume 30g per 28 days, but don't have to worry about running out of one quicker than the other. Ideally I'd get 15g:15g but obviously it's only 10g bags...

I know when you click "request more" it asks for more details and if you'd like to make a change to the prescription, etc, but again, just not sure if that applies to me or if I need to wait for follow up first.

Also, generally, what are the rules about length of time between prescriptions? Like, if my prescription was 40g but I only use 30g per month, is it possible to refill my prescriptions every 5-6 weeks instead of 28 days?

 

[GrownHealth]

Good to see your up and running @BudGuy and your right to act proactively in this matter and I would suggest you contact your clinic on this as it looks like the timescale is super tight and if you were to request more early you probably would still be stuck on 30grams where as it looks like 40 grams is much more suited as you are having to compromise your use at present if that makes sense and it gives you that little bit of extra scope if something goes wrong or your use rises .

I should add that I do potentially want to make a slight change to my prescription. I am happy with both strains I've been given, and I'm happy with the 30g size of my prescription, but my prescription is a 20g:10g ratio of daytime:nighttime strain whereas I've found that I use both almost equally and am finding a need to conserve the nighttime strain to stretch it the month. So I'm considering requesting to increase the prescription of the nighttime strain so that the ratio is 20g:20g, although I intend to still only consume 30g per 28 days, but don't have to worry about running out of one quicker than the other. Ideally I'd get 15g:15g but obviously it's only 10g bags...

This will be done on your consultancy and maybe you can contact them and explain that you may run short and could the consultancy be changed for an earlier date so you can sort/adjust your next prescription in time ? At the same time this will raise awareness that you may run out prior to receiving your next meds.

Also, generally, what are the rules about length of time between prescriptions? Like, if my prescription was 40g but I only use 30g per month, is it possible to refill my prescriptions every 5-6 weeks instead of 28 days?

Prescriptions can only be prescribed to cover 30 days is my understanding so it may be a case of order 30grams one month 40grams the next and that'll bring it into sync.

 

[BudGuy]

Good to see your up and running @BudGuy and your right to act proactively in this matter and I would suggest you contact your clinic on this as it looks like the timescale is super tight and if you were to request more early you probably would still be stuck on 30grams where as it looks like 40 grams is much more suited as you are having to compromise your use at present if that makes sense and it gives you that little bit of extra scope if something goes wrong or your use rises .

This will be done on your consultancy and maybe you can contact them and explain that you may run short and could the consultancy be changed for an earlier date so you can sort/adjust your next prescription in time ? At the same time this will raise awareness that you may run out prior to receiving your next meds.


Prescriptions can only be prescribed to cover 30 days is my understanding so it may be a case of order 30grams one month 40grams the next and that'll bring it into sync.

Okay, it's easy enough to reschedule appointments so I'd just made it earlier in the week for the avoidance of doubt.

 

[GrownHealth]

Okay, it's easy enough to reschedule appointments so I'd just made it earlier in the week for the avoidance of doubt.

Good luck with it as it seems you only need a slight adjustment as your already happy with your strains and you've had a good switch to medical by the looks of it