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New England Journal of Medicine· 2017Q1

Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome

Orrin Devinsky, J. Helen Cross, Linda Laux, Eric D. Marsh et al.

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Cannabidiol (20 mg/kg/day) reduced monthly convulsive seizures by a median of 53% (from 12.4 to 5.9) in Dravet syndrome patients, compared to a 5% reduction with placebo (from 14.9 to 14.1), in a 120-patient trial.

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Field: Psychiatry and Mental health

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