WHY TO PROJECT A PAIN/PALLIATIVE CARE/ MEDICAL CANNABIS CLINICS?

By: Henry Cortés Pradilla, M.D., MSc.

May 2020.

"Pain is the most common symptom in humans and

No person feels pain in the same way,
so, it is essential to perform a personalized treatment"

The specialty of pain medicine and palliative care is relatively new in relation to the rest
of medical specialties, arises from patients with residual pain after the second world war
and the Vietnam War, where the emergence of the specialty begins to have its
importance due to the high rate of disabilities in this American population.

The subspecialty as such has arisen for approximately 10 years when the world's first
pain medicine specialists begin to be certified, and their guides have been continuously
reviewed due to the advent of various techniques and the formation of specialized
multidisciplinary teams in which various professionals participate, such as psychologists,
social workers, nurses, medical specialists in pain medicine, and the concurrence of
various specialties such as neurology, neurosurgery, physiatrist, geriatrics above all.

In some developed countries the specialty of pain medicine takes place in a different
field than the specialty of palliative medicine, with which we fully agree and therefore
in this presentation we will make description of both specialties in part.

Pain management is set to become a priority target in health care in the 21st century,
with who say (global health organization, 20% of the world's population suffers from
chronic pain).

50% of occupational disabilities are caused by chronic pain, such as lbp.

30% of cancer patients are in pain, and it is budgeted that 22% of the population over
the age of 50 by 2030 has been diagnosed with some type of cancer or is suffering from
a second diagnosis of cancer, this percentage increases in developing countries due to
the early diagnosis of these pathologies.

The importance of pain management:

Pain becomes a socio-political problem, as the number of people in pain is very high,
and because of this the great emotional impact and the degree of incapacity it produces,
it poses serious problems at the human level and inromess economic losses in
developed countries, even more so in our developing country.
The importance of Medical Cannabis:

Cannabis has been used by various ethnicities for centuries and in the last 5 years due
to its legalization worldwide Medical Cannabis has become one of the most wanted
substances for the management of several pathologies like, Parkinson´s syndrome,
Tourette syndrome, Refractory Epilepsy, Chronic Pain, Depression, many addictions,
cosmetic values, and others.

Target treatment population:

1- Patients with non-oncological pain.

Patients of any age who suffer from diseases that generate in any way some type of
pain, such as osteoarthritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, phantom limb pain (amputations),
post-rauma pain (work accidents, automobiles), lumbalgias of any origin, pain of
vascular origin.

2- Patients with Cancer Pain.

Patients with carcinogenic pathology of any age that causes pain.

3- Symptom control in palliative patients.

Patients whose pathologies are considered NOT recoverable, or life-threatening and it
is necessary to avoid suffering to control the various symptoms they present, which are
not necessarily pains, but even emotional, spiritual or family disturbances.

The overall objective of the Unit:

The main objective of our treatment in those who suffer from non-cancer pain is to try
as soon as possible to return them to their productive stage when possible and / or
minimize their disability.
In Palliative patients, symptoms and their surroundings will be comprehensively
managed in order to improve quality of life and maintain their physical, mental and
social function as long as the disease permits.
The Functional Units of a reference palliative care and pain unit:

1- Postoperative acute pain unit.

2- Chronic Non-cancer pain unit.
3- Chronic Cancer Pain Unit.
4- Intrahospital and/or home palliative medicine.
5- Headache and facial pain clinic.
6- Complementary and alternative medicine unit.
7- Rehabilitation therapy unit.
8- Regenerative medicine unit (PRP stem cells, mesenchymal and others).
9- Emotional and social support unit.
10- Medical Cannabis Unit.
11- Continued education, innovation and research unit.

Our expectations:

1- Having our own planting of Medical Cannabis in ambient air and at controlled
temperature, on an area of no more than 70.000 acres, close to the city of Bucaramanga
which will be the central command of our Business, on this farm will be experimented,
genetic manipulation, and creation of own origin denomination brand.

2- Acquisition of a laboratory for the biotransformation of the raw material, to create

our own products and 8-purchased patents developed in our research and technological
development unit.

3- Create our own E-Commerce marketing network, for domestic or international sale.

4- Development of a medical training platform in Medicinal Cannabis with academic

rigor.

5- Creation of five units of pain / Palliative Medicine /Medical Cannbis, in the main cities
of the Colombian northeastern, Bucaramanga, Cucuta, Barranquilla, Cartagena,
Valledupar.
6- Development of a platform of a telemedicine, in order to provide virtual consultation
coverage at the global level, interdisciplinary consultations will be offered Pain
medicine, palliative medicine, cannabis medicine, specialized psychology, psychiatry,
initially inviting our network, internationally renowned specialists, to offer the service in
Spanish, English and Portuguese.

The idea of our company is expanding at the Ibero-American level in the next 5 years of
its opening, with most of our services by Digital strategies, E-Learning, E-Commerce.

Thank you

HC-P.
hpradilla1@gmail.com