Epilepsy and Medical Marijuana

[Efimia]

There is no doubt that cannabis can work wonders for children with Dravet syndrome as well as other types of epilepsy. However, one major fall back is that the substance still isn’t widely available due to legal restrictions. Cannabis as a helpful medicine for epilepsy is well known to others. The study involved 120 children and teenagers with Dravet syndrome who were split into a test and control (or placebo) group. The test group was treated using Epidiolex, a CBD drug produced by GW Pharmaceuticals, and monitored for a total of 14 weeks.

The results found that the average number of monthly seizures in the CBD group decreased from 12.4 to 5.9 (52%). The placebo groups results dropped from 14.9 to 14.1 (5%). 3 patients in the CBD group were also left completely seizure-free.

[The Stoned Jester]

preaching to the choir mate.

[merl1n]

I agree with Jester, we already know.

BUT

This is using a pharma derived substance. If big pharma get the key to the palace, then us home growers/self medicators will be locked out for good.

There are more benefits from whole plant therapies, known as the 'entourage effect', where the differing cannabinoids interact with each other to give a greater overall benefit than a single isolated cannabinoid

By isolating an individual component ie CBD this entourage effect is cancelled out. The benefits of CBD for epilepsy is well documented, where the entourage effect on other conditions is not so well documented and this needs to be investigated, documented and published. In doing so it would be more widely accepted by govt and the medical fraternity as scientific proof rather than hearsay.

 

Well that's my opinion anyway.

 

Merl1n

[El Gato]

I agree with Jester, we already know.

BUT

This is using a pharma derived substance. If big pharma get the key to the palace, then us home growers/self medicators will be locked out for good.

There are more benefits from whole plant therapies, known as the 'entourage effect', where the differing cannabinoids interact with each other to give a greater overall benefit than a single isolated cannabinoid

By isolating an individual component ie CBD this entourage effect is cancelled out. The benefits of CBD for epilepsy is well documented, where the entourage effect on other conditions is not so well documented and this needs to be investigated, documented and published. In doing so it would be more widely accepted by govt and the medical fraternity as scientific proof rather than hearsay.

 

Well that's my opinion anyway.

 

Merl1n

100% mate

One real danger is the myth that THC is bad and needs to be removed from the medicine, due to its psychoactive properties. This couldn't be further from the truth and its something big pharma are pushing hard onto Australians and our guberment. People are jumping on the cannabis is medicine bandwagon faster than ever but they are being told that THC is bad. Leave the THC out because that is what the druggo's want. I have heard this many times in different forms, from direct mouth to media and cyberspace. Big pharma is on the attack, education is needed. 

[nici]

Also because THC is an already documented compound they (big pharma), can not patent it. By discovering new CBD profiles and compounds they can then apply for a patent on that combo and market it exclusively for medical use by them alone.

[JonGrow420]

Some great points are also highlighted on https://cannasos.com/. I also like to read there great medical studies on cannabis.