FDA approves CBD med for seizures The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the country’s first drug derived from marijuana, a medication that treats two rare and devastating forms of epilepsy.
The drug, GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, is made of cannabidiol, or CBD, a component of hemp / marijuana that does not give users a high. It is given as an oil, and in clinical trials, it was shown to reduce the number of seizures by about 40 percent in patients with Dravet or Lennox-Gastaut syndromes.
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I wonder how many psychiatrists would be willing to prescribe this medication off label to their patients?
My guess is not many.
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Still won’t be smoking a bowl ever. I am schizophrenic.
Know of any studies this medication has with psychotic disorders?
It’s probably more effective at treating anxiety disorders than it is for treating psychosis.
Most likely. But if it is like cbd, then it could potentially treat psychotic conditions too
Oh yes, I’m sure.
Prior thread on CBD and schizophrenia
This was a previous thread on CBD and schizophrenia.
It is unlikely to be prescribed now but maybe someday.
CBD isolate from hemp sounds pretty safe.
The approved medicine could be expensive.
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