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Cannabinoids in treatment-resistant epilepsy: A review.

Brooke K. O'Connell, +2 more
- 01 May 2017 - 
- Vol. 70, Iss: 70, pp 341-348
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Open-label studies with 100mg/ml CBD have provided additional evidence of its efficacy along with an adequate safety profile in children and young adults with a spectrum of TREs and Phase 3 RCTs with Epidiolex support efficacy and adequate safety profiles for children with DS and LGS.
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This article is published in Epilepsy & Behavior.The article was published on 2017-05-01. It has received 162 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cannabis & Cannabidiol.

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Marijuana Use in Young Adults: What Do We Know?

TL;DR: No strong evidence supports marijuana as a beneficial treatment for any psychiatric indication, however there is evidence supporting the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in illnesses such as epilepsy.
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Genome-wide DNA methylation association study of recent and cumulative marijuana use in middle aged adults.

TL;DR: This paper investigated the association between recent and cumulative marijuana use and DNA methylation levels and identified numerous methylation markers, pathways, and diseases associated with marijuana use in middle-aged adults.
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The Synthetic Cannabinoid WIN55,212-2 Can Disrupt the Golgi Apparatus Independent of Cannabinoid Receptor-1

TL;DR: The results show that WIN can disrupt the Golgi apparatus independent of CB1 in cultured cells, which could contribute to the unique physiologic effects that WIN exhibits in neuronal behavior, as well as its role as an antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory agent.

Medical Marijuana: A Hope For Resistant Epilepsy?

TL;DR: In this article, the psychoactive parttetrahydrocannabinol (THC) targets CB1 and CB2receptors in the body and counteracts reactive oxygen species and the Cannabinoidiol (CBD) component is famous for itsmedicinal use that works without interacting with these receptors and is free of psychiatric side effects.
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Early Identification of Refractory Epilepsy

TL;DR: Patients who have many seizures before therapy or who have an inadequate response to initial treatment with antiepileptic drugs are likely to have refractory epilepsy.
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Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use

TL;DR: As marijuana use becomes legal in some states, the dominant public opinion is that marijuana is a harmless source of mood alteration, but enough information is available to cause concern.
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