Legal Related Medical Cannabis Product Approved in the EU for Epilepsy by Sophia Vida September 24, 2019 The EU has approved the use of a medicinal cannabis product for epilepsy for the first time. The product is aimed at patients with two rare, but severe, forms of childhood epilepsy. Now Doctors in the UK and other European c...
Trends & Articles The First FDA Approved Cannabis Based-Medication Epidiolex Becomes Available in the U.S. by Sophia Vida November 02, 2018 It was just this past summer that the Food and Drug Administration approved GW Pharmaceuticals' Epidiolex, the first cannabis-based drug to treat twot ypes of epileptic syndroms: Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. It ...
Science related (Medical) Cannabis Could Alter Blood Levels in Antiepileptic Drugs by Sophia Vida August 07, 2017 According to new research, an investigational neurological treatment that is derived from cannabis could alter the blood levels of commonly used antiepileptic drugs that are used to treat epilepsy. The ongoing open label study is ...
Science related (Medical) Experimental Marijuana Drug Could Soon Have Federal Approval by Sophia Vida May 25, 2017 One of the biggest headlines in the marijuana space has been that cannabidiol has been proven to help slow seizures in children and young adults. The fact that cannabidiol doesn't contain THC, which is where the "high" comes from,...
Science related (Medical) Marijuana Extract Has Been Found To Reduce Seizures In Children by Sophia Vida May 25, 2017 One of the biggest reasons some take medical marijuana is in order to prevent seizures from happening. A clinical trial has recently shown that treating patients who have epilepsy with a compound that's derived from marijuana can ...