How CBD Is Helping Children With Epilepsy

 All medications or treatments will not work on every person with epilepsy, however. For some children who have Dravet Syndrome, a rare and severe type of epilepsy, some treatments don’t work at all. It manifests in children within the first year of their lives, and is characterized by prolonged and frequent seizures as well as other neurological issues. That’s where cannabidiol (CBD) can help. New research and clinical trials are starting to show the potential for a special CBD-based medication called Epidiolex to significantly improve the lives of children who have Dravet Syndrome. The FDA first approved the use of Epidiolex by children who have Dravet in 2019. The decision came after a trial performed with almost 200 children who had found no help from four other medications. 

  • Seizures that included convulsions fell in all groups by over 40%.
  • All seizures fell by almost 50% in all groups.
  • Only child patients in the group who received the high-dose amount stopped taking Epidiolex because of the side effects, and of that group only 7% stopped.

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