Australia: A New Medical Marijuana Gel Could Reduce Uncontrolled Seizures for Adults With Epilepsy
A CANNABIS gel will be rubbed onto the arms of adults with epilepsy in a world-first trial led by Melbourne doctors to reduce uncontrolled seizures.
New treatments are desperately needed for the 30 per cent of people with a drug-resistant form of the neurological condition who live with the constant worry of having a seizure in public that results in an accident or even death.
Royal Melbourne Hospital neurologist Professor Terry O’Brien, who is leading the trial, said the gel, which does not contain the hallucinogenic ingredient found in the plant, was expected to be more effective than taking the drug orally.
“Cannabidiol (the non-psychoactive component of the cannabis) has a high first metabolism in the liver,” Prof O’Brien said.
“It means we don’t know exactly how much of the drug is getting to the brain because much of it is metabolised in the liver and stomach before it even gets...
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