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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Epilepsy Today: Study confirms safety of cannabis drug CBD 🌿Epilepsy Today: Study confirms safety of cannabis drug CBD
Using a drug based on a chemical found in the cannabis plant to treat epilepsy has been controversial to say the least. An early study from the US may lend more weight to its scientific standing, however. The study suggests that the drug is safe, well-tolerated and effective.
An early American study has assessed the safety of Epidiolex – the drug made from cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from cannabis.
The study was conducted by Dr Orrin Devinsky, director of the New York University Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. It was designed to test the safety of Epidiolex and how well people could tolerate it.
A total of 213 people took part in the study, ranging from young children to adults and all living with epilepsies that are difficult to treat. These included Dravet syndrome and Lennox Gastaut syndrome – two severe childhood epilepsies.
Some participants had negative reactions to the...
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