Clinical Trial Reveals CBD Drug is Effective Against Another Form of Epilepsy
For a product that was almost unknown five years ago, cannabidiol (CBD) has taken the health, sports, and wellness and fitness communities by storm. The hemp extract has potent medicinal properties, capable of fighting a long list of ailments, ranging from anxiety and high blood pressure to chronic pain. Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex, a CBD-derived drug to treat seizures in two rare and hard to manage pediatric epilepsies, Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. Now, results from a recent study show that CBD may also be used to control hard to treat seizures caused…