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DHMC tests drug derived from cannabis for rare form of epilepsy

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 02/19/2016 - 08:53

A New Hampshire family is hopeful that a drug derived from cannabis that is being tested at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will help treat a rare form of epilepsy.

Colton Schools, 11, has Dravet syndrome, a form of epilepsy that has ravaged his body almost since he was born.

"If I had to describe it in one word -- horrible," said his mother, Janice Taglieri. "It started for us with Colton at a very young age. So we've been dealing with this since he was about 3 months old."

Dr. Richard Morse has been treating Colton since infancy. When Colton was 3 or 4, Morse diagnosed him with Dravet syndrome.

"The average child with Dravet syndrome is prone to prolonged convulsions. And not just with fever, but in general, status epilepticus -- a prolonged seizure state," Morse said.

Morse said there are two or three cases of Dravet syndrome in New...

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