Real Patients, Real Outcomes
A selection of responses from the United Patients Alliance 2025 Patient Survey
This medicine works when others haven't
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, migraine, PMDD, PCOS, insomnia
1
"Vital for my well being and functioning. Tried loads of pharmaceutical prescriptions and can say for certain cannabis is the right fit for my medical needs. Way less side effects and issues."
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Fibromyalgia
2
"It has been a good decision to stop using pharmaceutical medicines as they were making me worse."
Anxiety, OCD
3
"It's helped me control my OCD to no end that other meds haven't helped with."
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Fibromyalgia
4
"MC has been more effective by far than any traditional treatment such as opiate painkillers."
Life-changing
Chronic pain, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, IBD/Crohn's, PTSD
1
"Being prescribed medical cannabis in the UK has been life-changing for me, both in terms of symptom management and overall quality of life. For the first time, I feel seen and supported in treating my condition with a medicine that actually works for me — and without the harmful side effects of previous prescriptions.”
Anxiety, Depression
2
“Medical cannabis has completely saved my life when my mother passed away I really didn't know what to do and any depressants weren’t working & making me feel even worse, I've been a patient for 6 months now and a consumer of cannabis most of my life & without it I don't think my life would be the same or that I'd have any quality of life like I do now."
Anxiety, Depression
3
"This medicine has honestly changed my life. My life is not just existing, I am finally living."
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Fibromyalgia
4
"It's saved my life."
Anxiety, Depression, Endometriosis
5
"My symptoms are more manageable, I am happier and able to cope better with my day to day."
Patients who have been failed by conventional routes
Anxiety, Depression
1
“My GP pushed for me to come off tramadol and reduce my morphine intake. The only way to do that [for me] is to take medical cannabis. I feel the cost should be shouldered by the NHS as I am gravely concerned if my benefits stop or are reduced, I would not be able to afford it”
Anxiety, ADHD
2
"This has changed my life though and helped me no longer take pregabalin or morphine."
Anxiety, Depression
3
“My local council refuses to consider my private cannabis script as a legitimate expenditure and therefore I do not qualify for their help or support. They have suggested I go via the NHS for my prescription. They clearly have no idea how long it takes before most patients in my shoes end up exhausted to the point where taking on the financial burden of private medicine is better than the alternative… lucky them.”
Chronic pain, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, migraine, PMDD, PCOS, insomnia
4
“Vital for my well being and functioning. Tried loads of pharmaceutical prescriptions and can say for certain cannabis is the right fit for my medical needs. Way less side effects and issues.”
Stigma causes harm
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD
1
"Knowing that I am now legally taking the medicine I know works best for me reduces my day to day stress so much."
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Fibromyalgia
2
"The knowledge about it is lacking with other health providers. I am getting surgery with a private healthcare provider who were clueless about my prescription and this has elicited feelings of shame which I used to really struggle with before my prescription, exacerbating the conditions I use my medication to manage. It can be very frustrating."
Chronic pain, Anxiety, Depression, Endometriosis, Hypermobility
3
"Being a medical patient has changed my life, for the better. My symptoms are more manageable, I am happier and able to cope better with my day to day. Having a prescription has changed my family's attitude towards my cannabis consumption and it's now seen as a positive thing (rather than me being criticised for high levels of usage)"
Anxiety, Depression, ADHD
4
"My experience so far has been smooth however the police need to stop being corrupt and actually understand the law in this topic and it defeats the point for many people who have mental health issues as these concerns surrounding police lack of knowledge can cause further anxiety and mental health issues"