Medicinal cannabis clinic · Christchurch
Straight answers.Proper care.
A doctor-led medicinal cannabis clinic based in Christchurch. Consult by video or phone from anywhere in Canterbury. Flat fees, registered clinicians, no sales pitch.
- Registered NZ clinicians
- Flat $59 first consult
- 24 hour free cancellation
- Christchurch based
- Your own patient app
Medicinal cannabis is a legal, prescription-only treatment in New Zealand. Whether it is appropriate for you is a medical question. We are the clinic that treats it as one.
Cannalyze clinicians are registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand or the Nursing Council of New Zealand. A consultation is an assessment, not a formality. If treatment is not clinically appropriate, we will tell you so and explain why.
01 · How it works
Four steps. About a week.
No referral needed. No account to create. Your GP is not told unless you ask us to.
1
Register
A short online form. Your details, your history, what you are living with. Five minutes, private, encrypted.
2
Consult
A 10 to 15 minute video or phone consultation with one of our registered nurses or doctors. $59, refunded in full if you cancel with 24 hours' notice.
3
Assessment
The clinician reviews your history and decides whether medicinal cannabis treatment is clinically appropriate. Every prescription is issued by a doctor registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Not everyone is prescribed. You will be told plainly either way.
4
Pharmacy and follow-up
If prescribed, your script goes to a pharmacy that can dispense it, collected or couriered. A $39 follow-up every three months keeps treatment reviewed. Your prescription status, expiry and next review live in the Cannalyze app.
02 · Who we see
People, not conditions.
We assess adults living with long-term symptoms who want a doctor's view on whether medicinal cannabis treatment is appropriate for them. These are the people who most often book.
The legacy of sport
Thirty years of club rugby, one knee that never forgave you.
Retired players, masters athletes, tradies who used their bodies for a living. Long-term joint and back pain, poor sleep because of it and a wish to stay active. We assess where you are at and talk honestly about options, including the ones that are not us.
Sleep
You have not slept through the night since you cannot remember when.
Adults for whom sleep has become the problem underneath every other problem. Often women in their forties and fifties. Our clinicians take a full history and are frank about what is and is not known.
Long-term pain
Pain that has outlasted every specialist.
People living with persistent pain who have worked through the standard options. We will not promise anything. We will assess you properly and explain the evidence in plain language.
Already using cannabis
You would rather do this legally and know what you are taking.
If you already use cannabis to manage symptoms, a legal prescription means a doctor reviewing your treatment and your dose, a pharmacy dispensing it and no risk on the roadside beyond the one we will explain to you. No lecture.
Whether medicinal cannabis treatment is appropriate for you is a clinical decision, made in a consultation. Nobody is promised anything.
03 · Fees
Flat fees. Nothing hidden.
You pay for a clinician's time. You will never be sold a product on this website.
First consultation
10 to 15 minutes by video or phone. Full medical review, eligibility assessment and treatment discussion. Refunded in full if cancelled with 24 hours' notice.
$59
Follow-up consultation
10 to 15 minutes by video or phone to review how treatment is going and adjust where appropriate. Required at least every three months.
$39
Medicines are dispensed by a pharmacy and paid for separately. They are not funded by Pharmac. Your doctor will discuss likely cost with you before prescribing, so there are no surprises. Transferring from another clinic with a current prescription: $39 for the first consultation once we have reviewed your records.
04 · Our clinical team
Registered clinicians. A doctor behind every prescription.
Who you see: initial consultations are conducted by registered nurses or doctors, and every prescription is issued under the care of a doctor registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Any registration can be checked on the council's public register at any time.
Every prescription is a doctor's call
Your initial consultation may be with one of our registered nurses. Any prescription that follows is issued under the care of a doctor registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand. Nothing is prescribed without a consultation and a clinical decision. No exceptions.
Assessed case by case
Your history, your other medicines, your circumstances. The clinical team weighs whether medicinal cannabis treatment is clinically appropriate for you specifically. Not everyone is prescribed, and you will be told plainly either way.
Your questions, answered
Risks, side effects, interactions with other medicines, driving, what the evidence does and does not support. The consultation is your time with the clinician, and nothing is decided without you understanding it.
Video and phone consultations for Canterbury and the South Island, Monday to Saturday.
05 · The app
Your clinic, in your pocket.
Cannalyze has its own patient app. Your prescription, your bookings and your reviews in one place, with nothing on your phone that says cannabis.
Your status at a glance
The app opens on whether your prescription is current and when it expires, so you are never caught out at the pharmacy or at a roadside check.
Bookings and reviews in one place
Your three-monthly reviews are visible and bookable from the app. No phoning around, no missed renewals.
A patient card that proves nothing but your status
A card with your name, photo and current status. Nothing else. No NHI, no medicine, no condition. Lose it and a new one is issued instantly while the old one stops working.
No app store
Installs from your browser in under a minute with a PIN. Nothing to download, nothing to update, no app icon that announces what it is.
Built on the ClinicApp platform
06 · Sport and the rules
Still competing? Read this first.
A lot of the people we see are still active. Masters rugby, cycling, running, skiing, club cricket. If you compete in any sport that is subject to anti-doping rules, medicinal cannabis has consequences you need to understand before you book, not after.
Under the World Anti-Doping Code, cannabinoids other than cannabidiol are prohibited in competition. In New Zealand the Sport Integrity Commission applies those rules and "in competition" begins at 11.59pm the night before you compete. A prescription does not exempt you. A therapeutic use exemption is a separate application with its own criteria.
Our doctors will ask whether you compete and will tell you straight what that means for you. If you are unsure whether your sport is covered, check with the Sport Integrity Commission before your consultation.
07 · Made in Canterbury
A clinic that knows where the Waimak is.
Cannalyze is based in Christchurch and run for Canterbury. Our doctors practise here. Our patients are here. When you call the 0800 number in business hours, the person who answers is here. We built it this way because we think a private medical decision deserves a local doctor, not a call centre.
08 · Questions
The questions people ask before they book.
Yes. Since 1 April 2020 medicinal cannabis products that meet the Ministry of Health's minimum quality standard can be prescribed by a registered doctor. They are prescription-only unapproved medicines, which means the prescribing doctor takes responsibility for deciding whether treatment is appropriate for you.
No referral. There is no official list of qualifying conditions in New Zealand; the decision rests with the doctor's clinical judgement after taking your history.
No. A consultation is an assessment. Some people are not suitable and some are better served by other treatment. If that is you, the clinician will explain why. The consultation fee covers the clinician's time either way.
Only if you ask us to write to them, which we recommend but do not require. Your records are held securely and are not shared without your consent, except where the law requires it.
Some medicinal cannabis products can impair driving and can be detected in roadside saliva testing. A prescription is not a defence at the roadside. Your clinician will talk through this with you in the consultation and the safe answer for some products is not to drive.
Commonly reported effects include drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth and changes in appetite or mood. Your clinician will go through the risks that apply to you, including interactions with other medicines.
Yes. See the section above. Tell your clinician which sport and at what level.
Medicinal cannabis is generally not recommended in pregnancy or while breastfeeding and doctors take extra care with younger adults. Book the consultation anyway if you have questions; a straight answer is what it is for.
Yes. Send us your current prescription and we will review it. The first consultation is $39 for transfers.
Ask a doctor, not the internet.
Ten to fifteen minutes. $59. A straight answer either way.
Or call 0800 22 66 24 · Monday to Saturday