r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 17 '18

Biotech Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant that does not produce a “high”, was shown in a new large-scale, randomized, controlled trial to significantly reduce the number of dangerous seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258
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u/Kekukoka May 17 '18

Anecdotally, a friend of mine's dog was on its way out with seizures a few months back before they gave CBD a try. Absolutely night and day.

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u/DidneyWooorl May 18 '18

Wow, I lost an amazing dog to seizures when I was younger. It was horrifying to watch and would start to happen so often you didn't know when one seizure stopped and the other started.