Remove Clinical Trials Remove Epilepsy Remove Medicine
article thumbnail

FDA Approves Marijuana-Based Epilepsy Drug For Use On Kids In Clinical Trials

Otherside Farms

Federal regulators have approved two clinical studies testing whether a marijuana-based epilepsy drug may help prevent seizures among epileptic children. Thus, the regulator plans to take the drug on a case-by-case basis, leaving the marijuana-derivative unapproved for general clinical prescriptive use. In the upcoming U.S.

article thumbnail

Peter Reynolds Article: The Desperate Rearguard Action the British Medical Establishment is Fighting Against Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

I have a particular interest in epidemiology and clinical trials and in particular running clinical trials in childhood epilepsy.”. But I point you to his final sentence and his declared adherence to the doctrine and close involvement in the multi-million pound industry of clinical trials.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Serious Conditions Are Responding To Cannabinoid Therapy

Peninsula Alternative Health

The challenging part is that every individual strain is a different medicine and every individual cancer is a different disease. Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. Naturally, cells in our bodies are not mobile but cancer cells are.

article thumbnail

CBD: Exploring The Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis Without the High

Canna Care Docs

With increased attention and further legalization efforts in the United States, research surrounding the health applications are still in its infancy stages, but documentation and clinical trials continue to flow into the public sphere. An Overview on Medicinal Chemistry of Synthetic and Natural Derivatives of Cannabidiol.

article thumbnail

Is Weed Legal in Japan? Cannabis Legalization Bill Explained

Veriheal

In December of 2023, the country recently made a new move towards reform that could stimulate the cannabidiol (CBD) industry and provide many patients, such as those with epilepsy , with access to potentially life-changing medical treatments. and Europe to treat severe epilepsy, as well as other medical conditions.

article thumbnail

New Study To Test Effectiveness Of Cannabis Compound CBDV In Treating Autism

Puff Puff Post

Previous success from treating epilepsy with Cannabinoids now motivates doctors to investigate the plant’s effectiveness in treating symptoms of autism. In a 47 acre greenhouse – close to the size of 42 football fields – GW is developing and delivering strains of medicinal cannabis.

article thumbnail

Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. In 2018, Epidolex became the first plant-derived cannabinoid prescription medicine to receive FDA approval.

Law 137