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The NHS has had a cannabidiol product available since 2018, but there have been very few prescriptions, and it has only been approved for two rare forms of epilepsy. “The need for more research ...

For two years, she has been buying illegal forms of high-strength cannabidiol (CBD) oil - which is made from cannabis. Sophie cares for her son, 22, who has a rare and severe form of epilepsy ...

forms of childhood epilepsy. Doctors can prescribe Epidyolex - an oral solution of cannabidiol, which comes from the cannabis plant - if they think it will help sufferers. It has been approved for ...

Since cannabidiol doesn't contain THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, it doesn't get users high. But it does appear to help reduce seizures in one of the hardest-to-treat forms of ...

Two London hospitals will launch trials next year to determine whether the active ingredients in medicinal cannabis could help treat people with treatment-resistant epilepsy. Researchers from ...

The drug, Epidiolex, may be on its way to becoming the first of its kind to win FDA approval for the treatment of rare forms of childhood epilepsy. Epidiolex contains cannabidiol, one of the ...