Cannabis-Based Drug Reduces Seizures in Children With Treatment Resistant Epilepsy

Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 10:03 in Health & Medicine

Children and young adults with severe forms of epilepsy that does not respond to standard antiepileptic drugs have fewer seizures when treated with purified cannabinoid, according to a multi-center study led by researchers from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco. “Better treatment for children with uncontrolled seizures is desperately needed,” said Maria Roberta Cilio, MD, […]

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