12-11-2014, 09:22 AM
FDA gives approval for marijuana oil study<p class="">By KIM CHANDLER
Associated PressDecember 10, 2014
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Food and Drug Administration has given the University of Alabama at Birmingham permission to study the use of a marijuana derivative to treat seizures.
Parents of children with seizure disorders persuaded the Alabama Legislature last year to pass a bill authorizing UAB's Department of Neurology to do a study of the marijuana derivative cannabidiol, or CDD oil, as a potential treatment for seizures. UAB spokesman Bob Shepard said the university received FDA letters on Wednesday authorizing the two studies, one for children and one for adults.
Shepard said the FDA requested some changes. Those will go before a university review board next month, he said.
The federal approval was welcome news to families who had pushed to make the oil legally available in Alabama.
"It's hard to put in words the feelings you have as a Dad with a daughter that could benefit from this," said Dustin Chandler.
The legislation became known as "Carly's Law" on behalf of Chandler's 3-year-old daughter. Carly Chandler started having seizures at just 8 weeks old. She was eventually diagnosed with CDKL5, a rare genetic disorder. Chandler, a police officer from Pelham, made frequent appearances at the Alabama Statehouse to lobby for the bill.
He and other parents said there,........................
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/12/10.../923/&rh=1
Associated PressDecember 10, 2014
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Food and Drug Administration has given the University of Alabama at Birmingham permission to study the use of a marijuana derivative to treat seizures.
Parents of children with seizure disorders persuaded the Alabama Legislature last year to pass a bill authorizing UAB's Department of Neurology to do a study of the marijuana derivative cannabidiol, or CDD oil, as a potential treatment for seizures. UAB spokesman Bob Shepard said the university received FDA letters on Wednesday authorizing the two studies, one for children and one for adults.
Shepard said the FDA requested some changes. Those will go before a university review board next month, he said.
The federal approval was welcome news to families who had pushed to make the oil legally available in Alabama.
"It's hard to put in words the feelings you have as a Dad with a daughter that could benefit from this," said Dustin Chandler.
The legislation became known as "Carly's Law" on behalf of Chandler's 3-year-old daughter. Carly Chandler started having seizures at just 8 weeks old. She was eventually diagnosed with CDKL5, a rare genetic disorder. Chandler, a police officer from Pelham, made frequent appearances at the Alabama Statehouse to lobby for the bill.
He and other parents said there,........................
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/12/10.../923/&rh=1