Two Cannabis Based Drugs Approved for Use in England
Nov 13, 2019
As the American hemp industry adjusts to the USDA’s interim rule on hemp, people in the UK are also celebrating the approval of two cannabis-based medicines by the National Health Service (NHS). Both of the drugs were developed in the UK using homegrown hemp.
The first drug, Epidiolex, is a brand name prescription drug used to treat two rare and hard to manage forms of epilepsy. Doctors will now be able to prescribe the medication to children with Lennox Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome, both of which can cause multiple seizures in a day. It is estimated that there are 5,000 people with…
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