USE OF CANNABIDIOL IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY

摘要

The present disclosurerelates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of absence seizures. In particular, the disclosure relates to the use of CBD for reducing absence seizures in patients suffering withetiologies that include: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Dravet Syndrome; Doose Syndrome; CDKL5; Dup15q;, Jeavons syndrome; Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy;Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses(NCL) and brain abnormalities. The disclosure further relates to the use of CBD in combination with one or more anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).