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yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts) Mon May 29, 2017, 01:43 AM May 2017

Cannabis compound cannabidiol reduces seizures in kids with epilepsy, study shows

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Cannabis compound cannabidiol reduces seizures in kids with epilepsy, study shows (Original Post) yuiyoshida May 2017 OP

The study was funded by GW Pharmaceuticals Dorn May 2017 #1

So buy a bottle and try it... mbusby May 2017 #2

Dorn

(523 posts)

1. The study was funded by GW Pharmaceuticals

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2017, 02:23 AM

May 2017

GW Pharmaceuticals: "GW's vision is to be the global leader in prescription cannabinoid medicines, developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products which address clear unmet needs." I am leery of research (even if published in nejm.org) that is funded by companies that have a strong financial motivation in the study's success.

mbusby

(823 posts)

2. So buy a bottle and try it...

Reply to Dorn (Reply #1)

Mon May 29, 2017, 12:36 PM

May 2017

...we use their product in capsule form to lessen my wife's chronic leg pain due to an auto-immune condition.

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