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01-02-2017, 11:05 AM
Exclusive: Cannabis nasal spray stops an epileptic seizure from happening
Mother calls the spray a miracle drug <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="mailto:michael.paluska@wfts.com">Michael Paluska</a>11:19 PM, Jan 1, 2017
LITHIA, Fla. - With the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida, one mother hopes other parents struggling to save their children from a life of misery caused by severe seizures will hold onto hope that relief is on the way.
Renee Petro has been a strong advocate for medical marijuana ever since traditional medicines failed to help her son Branden cope with Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES). It is a rare disease Petro said Branden developed when he was eight.
With the passage of Amendment 2 Petro said families have been given hope, its a step in the right direction, Petro said.
During our interview with Petro her son was smiling and laughing running around the dining room. Then, Petro realized he was about to have an attack.
She took off her microphone and grabbed Brandens arm. Brandens eyes then rolled back, saliva coming out of his mouth, and the laughing 14-year-old we were just watching was gone. He was having a severe seizure.
Petro and her mother gently laid Branden onto the carpet. Petro ran into the living room grabbed a cannabis nasal spray and gave it to Branden.
From the time he started to have a seizure to the time the medicine started working was just a few seconds. They picked Branden up and walked him to the couch to rest.
About five minutes later Branden was up running around the house again.
Without the cannabis nasal spray Petro said Brandens seizure would probably have lasted for another 30 to 45 seconds and it would have been a lot more intense.
When Branden was first diagnosed he was on 20 different drugs to treat his seizures. Now, Petro said he is on just one pharmaceutical and she is currently weaning him off of that.
With medical marijuana Petro said he just recently went 30 days without a seizure, and the aggression, rage, suicidal thoughts, insomnia, has virtually gone away just by weaning him off of these drugs.
Petro wants to stress that come January 3rd patients wont have access to all types of strains of medical marijuana.......
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/exclusive-cannabis-nasal-spray-stops-epileptic-seizure-in-its-tracks">http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/exclusive-cannabis-nasal-spray-stops-epileptic-seizure-in-its-tracks</a>
Mother calls the spray a miracle drug <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="mailto:michael.paluska@wfts.com">Michael Paluska</a>11:19 PM, Jan 1, 2017
LITHIA, Fla. - With the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida, one mother hopes other parents struggling to save their children from a life of misery caused by severe seizures will hold onto hope that relief is on the way.
Renee Petro has been a strong advocate for medical marijuana ever since traditional medicines failed to help her son Branden cope with Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES). It is a rare disease Petro said Branden developed when he was eight.
With the passage of Amendment 2 Petro said families have been given hope, its a step in the right direction, Petro said.
During our interview with Petro her son was smiling and laughing running around the dining room. Then, Petro realized he was about to have an attack.
She took off her microphone and grabbed Brandens arm. Brandens eyes then rolled back, saliva coming out of his mouth, and the laughing 14-year-old we were just watching was gone. He was having a severe seizure.
Petro and her mother gently laid Branden onto the carpet. Petro ran into the living room grabbed a cannabis nasal spray and gave it to Branden.
From the time he started to have a seizure to the time the medicine started working was just a few seconds. They picked Branden up and walked him to the couch to rest.
About five minutes later Branden was up running around the house again.
Without the cannabis nasal spray Petro said Brandens seizure would probably have lasted for another 30 to 45 seconds and it would have been a lot more intense.
When Branden was first diagnosed he was on 20 different drugs to treat his seizures. Now, Petro said he is on just one pharmaceutical and she is currently weaning him off of that.
With medical marijuana Petro said he just recently went 30 days without a seizure, and the aggression, rage, suicidal thoughts, insomnia, has virtually gone away just by weaning him off of these drugs.
Petro wants to stress that come January 3rd patients wont have access to all types of strains of medical marijuana.......
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/exclusive-cannabis-nasal-spray-stops-epileptic-seizure-in-its-tracks">http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/exclusive-cannabis-nasal-spray-stops-epileptic-seizure-in-its-tracks</a>