Cannabis For Epilepsy

[+Annnie]

I have a friend who has epilepsy and is a new patient. They would like to know which strains work well to prevent seisures and What other methods work well for epilepsy.. Thanks in advance for the advice.

[knottwhole]

What other methods work well for epilepsy

Very few people respond to the same strain in the same way. You may have to try several.

Also try sub-lingual tinctures. They work well for neuralgia, spasms, and pain disorders in many.

There are many options out there. I wish your friend the best in finding the one that works for him.

[pic book]

Might check greenbuddha's post "Ailing Senior Citizens Find Fountain of Youth." Re a glycerinc/marijuana exract mixture for undertongue use.

[Grow Thread]

I have a friend who has epilepsy and is a new patient. They would like to know which strains work well to prevent seisures and What other methods work well for epilepsy.. Thanks in advance for the advice.

 

1st off, i feel for your friend. i truly do.

 

2nd, as has been posted, different strains do different things for different people........ BUT i can personally delve into this deeper.

 

epileptics basically use cannabis for 2 reasons...... to help prevent seizures, and to help recover from the SERIOUS muscle pain that they endure after a grad mal.

 

preventing seizures can be broken down into a couple different categories, because seizures are brought on by different things.......

 

some seizures are caused by lack of sleep/rest. this is one of the MAIN causes of seizures in epileptics. this can be aided obviously with a heavy indica strain that will induce sleep, and more of it.

 

another common trigger for seizures is light, flashing, blinking, or just changing in general....... in this case there are cannabis strains that can make for "heavy eyelids" all day, but still allow the patient to live a normal life.

 

it's about the need of the patient............. my wife is epileptic and i have researched this personally for years.

[mrd]

This is currently at the norml site. Although it is not proof that it has the effect on humans it is revealing.

 

Also here is the Project CBD website which reveals some info on high cbd strains. I am growing Cannatonic. It is a rather lanky plant not going to be a big yielder. Grown from Resin seed bank seed. Will report more.

 

http://www.projectcbd.com/

 

 

Pot Compound Exerts Anticonvulsant Effects In Animal Models Of Epilepsy

 

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January 20, 2011 - Reading, United Kingdom

 

 

Reading, United Kingdom: The administration of the nonpsychotropic cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) significantly reduces the incidences and severity of seizures, according to preclinical data published online in Seizure: The Journal of the British Epilepsy Association.

 

Investigators at the University of Reading, School of Pharmacy, in the United Kingdom assessed the anticonvulsant activity of CBD (administered in 1, 10, and 100mg/kg doses) in two established rodent seizure models, the acute pilocarpine model of temporal lobe seizure and the penicillin model of partial seizure. Seizure activity was video recorded and scored offline using model-specific seizure severity scales.

 

Authors reported: "CBD (all doses) significantly reduced the percentage of animals experiencing the most severe pilocarpine-induced seizures. In the penicillin model, CBD (all doses) significantly increased the percentage of seizure-free animals; CBD (100mg/kg) decreased the percentage of animals experiencing the most severe seizures, decreased median seizure severity and showed a strong trend to reduce mortality."

 

They concluded, "[T]hese results extend the anti-convulsant profile of CBD; when combined with a reported absence of psychoactive effects, this evidence strongly supports CBD as a therapeutic candidate for a diverse range of human epilepsies."

 

Survey data published in 2004 in the journal Neurology reported that 21 percent of subjects with epilepsy had used marijuana in the past year, "with the majority of active users reporting beneficial effects on seizures."

 

For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org. Full text of the study, "Cannabidiol exerts anti-convulsant effects in animal models of temporal lobe and partial seizures," appears online in Seizure: The Journal of the British Epilepsy Association.

 

updated: Jan 20, 2011

 

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