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Children with severe epilepsy have significantly fewer seizures when treated with a prescription derivative of marijuana, researchers revealed.
Epidolex – a pharmaceutical liquid form of cannabidiol, an active ingredient in marijuana – is currently undergoing US Food and Drug Administration-authorized phase 3 testing.
Three studies presented at the American Epilepsy Society’s annual meeting showed the drug to be effective on children with treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy.
Dr Orrin Devinsky of New York University Langone Medical Center, lead author of the study, said: ‘We are pleased to report these promising data on significant numbers of children.
‘These data reinforce and support the safety and efficacy we have shared in previous studies.
‘Most important it’s providing hope to the children and their families who have been living with debilitating seizures.’
The largest study included 261 participants – predominantly children – with an average age of 11.
The participants were given Epidiolex in...
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