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Title | Article Date | Tags | Notes |
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UF researchers granted $1 million for epilepsy study | 11/05/2015 | Epidiolex, Orphan Study, Florida |
The project is intended to treat 50 children from ages 2 to 16 living with epilepsy that have exhausted most of their treatment options, Carney said. |
More Positive Results With Cannabidiol in Epilepsy | 11/03/2015 | Epidiolex, Studies, Orphan Study, gw pharm |
More Positive Results With Cannabidiol in Epilepsy (You will need to google this title in order to get the article to avoid creating an account) |
Orphan drug designation spurs trials for cannabidiol in Dravet syndrome | 03/21/2014 | Charlotte's Web, Dravet syndrome, Orphan Study |
In a survey and other anecdotal reports, parents of children with drug-refractory epilepsy syndromes have reported successful treatment with cannabidiol-enriched marijuana. But little high-quality evidence is available about the efficacy and safety of cannabidiol in patients with Dravet, Lennox-Gastaux, and other pediatric epilepsy syndromes, as shown by a recent Cochrane Collaboration review of four randomized trials totaling 48 patients with epilepsy that found no adverse effects with 200-300 mg daily over short periods but did not report on the efficacy of the drug. |