12-05-2017, 11:07 AM
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Epilepsy Patients Failing Regular Meds Improved with Medical Cannabis
Reported better overall health as well as seizure control in pilot study
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by <span class="author-name-no-email" itemprop="name">Ryan Basen,</span> Contributing Writer, MedPage Today <time content="December 05, 2017" itemprop="datePublished"> December 05, 2017</time>
WASHINGTON -- Medically refractory epilepsy (MRE) patients in New York state who regularly used medical cannabis reported improvements in their health, according to a pilot survey presented here this week at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.
Researchers with Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group identified 33 patients in their "large, multi-site, regional epilepsy program" who had signed up for New York's medical cannabis program. Among the 17 who then completed a questionnaire about health differences and had consumed cannabis for at least a month,.....
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aes/69664
Epilepsy Patients Failing Regular Meds Improved with Medical Cannabis
Reported better overall health as well as seizure control in pilot study
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by <span class="author-name-no-email" itemprop="name">Ryan Basen,</span> Contributing Writer, MedPage Today <time content="December 05, 2017" itemprop="datePublished"> December 05, 2017</time>
WASHINGTON -- Medically refractory epilepsy (MRE) patients in New York state who regularly used medical cannabis reported improvements in their health, according to a pilot survey presented here this week at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.
Researchers with Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group identified 33 patients in their "large, multi-site, regional epilepsy program" who had signed up for New York's medical cannabis program. Among the 17 who then completed a questionnaire about health differences and had consumed cannabis for at least a month,.....
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aes/69664