Medical Pot Stops Seizures In Boy

Marijuana stops child's severe seizures | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/index.html

There are eight medical conditions for which patients can use cannabis – cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, muscle spasms, seizures, severe pain, severe nausea and cachexia or dramatic weight loss...

Medical Marijuana | Epilepsy Foundation

https://www.epilepsy.com/treatment/alternative-therapies/medical-marijuana

Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which causes the psychoactive effects of "getting high". Cannabidiol, or CBD, which does not cause psychoactive effects but has shown some …

Marijuana for Children with Seizures and Nausea

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/marijuana-can-help-children-with-seizures-cancer-nausea

Using medical marijuana to stop seizures in kids

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160208140604.htm

Desperate for relief, parents are taking unusual steps to help children plagued with seizures. The relief, however, comes in a most unlikely form: marijuana. …

Marijuana and Epilepsy - Healthline

https://www.healthline.com/health/marijuana-and-epilepsy

Claims and findings Many people suffering from epilepsy say marijuana stops their seizures, but there is little scientific evidence. Researchers must apply for a special …

Boy with severe epilepsy who was treated with cannabis …

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/billy-caldwell-cannabis-oil-boy-seizures-stopped-cured-prescription-medical-marijuana-a7933066.html

An 11-year-old boy who was dying from severe epilepsy has not had any seizures for 300 days since being prescribed a medical marijuana product. Billy Caldwell, whose intractable epilepsy...

Medical marijuana helps stem 6-year-old's seizures | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/health/medical-marijuana-child/index.html

For more than a year, it has helped stem his seizures Oakland, California CNN — Six-year-old Jayden David violently shakes on the ground, his blue eyes vacant …

Seizures and Epilepsy in Children | Johns Hopkins …

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/epilepsy/seizures-and-epilepsy-in-children

Anything that interrupts the normal connectionsbetween nerve cells in the brain can cause a seizure. This includes ahigh fever, high or low blood sugar, alcohol or drug withdrawal, or abrain concussion. But when a child …

Marijuana and Seizures: Can Cannabis Treat Seizures?

https://www.theherbalclinicmd.com/medical-marijuana/marijuana-and-seizures-can-cannabis-treat-seizures

They help with nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy. Now that Epidiolex has been on the market for a while, we’ll see more people taking it to deal with seizures. …

Seizures - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seizure/symptoms-causes/syc-20365711

Atonic seizures. Atonic seizures, also known as drop seizures, cause a loss of muscle control. People having this type of seizure may suddenly fall down or drop their …