How CBD Prevents Seizures In Children With Epilepsy

Evidence for the ability of cannabidiol (CBD) to treat various forms of childhood epilepsy has been mounting for some time, yet health authorities remain frustratingly reluctant to prescribe cannabis products to those who need them most. A small number of high-profile cases have caught the attention of the media, leading to a public outcry and forcing the powers that be to grant certain children access to life-saving medications. However, many clinicians continue to argue that cannabis products shouldn’t be used until more is understood about how they work. To that end, research is currently underway to try and discover exactly how CBD and other cannabinoids prevent seizures in children with epilepsy. The past month has seen the publication of several new studies that significantly advance our understanding of how cannabis produces these effects, strengthening the case for the use of medical marijuana to treat seizures. CBD Prevents Seizures A case report that came out this month in the Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice describes the incredible recovery of a nine-year-old boy with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Having previously failed to respond to conventional medications for epilepsy, he became seizure-free thanks to a daily dose of 350 milligrams of CBD[i]. Furthermore, when researchers used electroencephalography to measure the child’s background brain activity patterns, they found that they had stabilised significantly, and began to resemble that of a non-epileptic child. This study is far from the first to report the astonishing capacity of CBD to eliminate seizures.…

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