Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cannabidiol treatment was associated with median reduction of 67% to 99% in focal aware seizures. All ...

Research on epilepsy during the early 20 th century led to the discovery of treatments for symptomatic seizures, such as bromide, phenobarbital, and phenytoin. Furthermore, the development of the ...

Seizures are difficult to control in the Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic form of epileptic encephalopathy primarily due to loss-of-function mutations in the SCN1A gene. Interest in cannabidiol for the ...

People inspect a marijuana plant during a workshop on how to grow an indoor plant at pro-cannabis Daya Foundation headquarters in Santiago, Chile, May 19, 2017. Reuters Cannabidiol (CBD), which is ...

PHILADELPHIA — New open-label data from the expanded-access treatment program involving the cannabidiol Epidiolex (GW Pharma) show the median reduction in frequency of convulsive seizures after 3 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LOS ANGELES — Treatment with cannabidiol led to improved seizure and nonseizure outcomes in patients with ...

Data from eight abstracts to be presented, including results of the BECOME (BEhavior, COgnition and More with Epidyolex®) Caregiver Survey on the real-world outcomes of Epidyolex® (cannabidiol) ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm your host, Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting on the annual American Epilepsy Society meeting. With me today is my ...

A study reveals a previously unknown way in which cannabidiol (CBD), a substance found in cannabis, reduces seizures in many treatment-resistant forms of pediatric epilepsy. Led by researchers at NYU ...

– Age-range for all EPIDIOLEX indications expanded to include patients one year of age and older – – Third indication approved for EPIDIOLEX, the only FDA-approved Cannabidiol (CBD) medicine – ...

If approved cannabidiol oral solution will be the first plant-derived cannabis-based medicine to be approved in Europe for the treatment of any form of epilepsy GW’s cannabidiol oral solution contains ...

In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a fellow patient at a Denver neurologist’s office mentioned something that ...