Start low, go slow: a friendly guide to your first week

The best first week with any new medicine is a boring one. No surprises, no stories for the group chat. Here is how to keep it that way.

Follow the prescription exactly

Not "roughly". Not "the doctor said one but I am a big person". Exactly. Most people start with our Low strength, the beach tins, and only move up if their practitioner says so.

Be patient with edibles

Gummies and tablets can take a while to be felt. Do not take more because you think it "is not working". Wait, and ask your practitioner at the next check-in.

Keep it simple around it

Skip alcohol with it. Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how it affects you. Tell your practitioner about any other medicines you take, including the ones you think "do not count".

Keep a tiny note

Time, dose, how you felt. Two lines a day in your Notes app. It makes your next consultation ten times more useful.

Store it like a medicine

Cool, dry, away from sunlight, and away from children and curious flatmates. Keep it in the original pack with the label.

Travelling?

Carry it in the original pack with your prescription and invoice. Stick to travel within India, and never carry it abroad, where the rules can be very different.

This article is general information, not medical advice. Your practitioner's instructions come first.