Lynette SadleirA New Zealand and Australian six-month clinical trial has shown a cannabidiol gel can be used to reduce seizures in the "most challenging and poorly controlled" epilepsy disorders among children. Importantly, with this drug, parents could rub the gel solution into a child's arm. There was at present no other way to deliver anti-epileptic medication to children other than orally. At month five, 63% of children had a reduction of seizures by at least 50%. One in 2000 children were born with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, Prof Sadleir said.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 04, 2019 15:33 UTC