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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

Project CBD

I nterestingly, and perhaps unfortunately for patients, previous reviews in 2020 and 2019 2 also concluded there was insufficient evidence that cannabis can diminish chronic tinnitus. 32,1 (2019): 131-136. Despite all this, there is a potential biological rationale for the treatment of tinnitus with cannabinoids, the authors explain.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. Japan does not have a medical cannabis program and does not allow the use of cannabis for patients seeking to treat a medical condition.

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Serious Conditions Are Responding To Cannabinoid Therapy

Peninsula Alternative Health

Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. Because nearly one-third of patients with epilepsy are not getting the results they want from conventional treatments, they are eager to experiment with natural cannabinoid therapy. References Staff, T.

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What is CBN (Cannabinol)? How does the natural byproduct of THC work?

The Cannigma

In a 2019 animal study, CBN isolate was reported to relieve musculoskeletal pain. When CBN was studied without barbiturates (prescription sedative medications typically used for epilepsy), the combination of CBN and THC produced greater sedation together than either cannabinoid alone. What can the current clinical trials tell us?

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Not-very-NICE: UK Cannabis Policy and Harm to Patients

CannaTech

Israeli patients protest IMCA’s medical cannabis reforms at CannaTech Tel Aviv 2019. Last week NICE released the first draft of their evidence-based guidelines, concluding it could not recommend CBMPs for routine use because of high cost and a dearth of clinical trial evidence. This consensus is not unique to Israel.

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UK: Assoc For The Cannabinoid Industry Founder Says UK World’s Biggest Market After The US

Cannabis Law Report

Britain’s Food Standards Agency now regulates the sector and its marketing, after the European Union classified CBD as food in 2019. That was almost a third higher than the UK trade group’s pre-pandemic 2019 projection. “I’ve seen thousands of people’s lives changed.

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‘Too costly, not enough evidence it works’, says UK in blow to cannabis campaigners

Cannabis Law Report

The watchdog refused to allow its national health service to prescribe medical cannabis for children with severe epilepsy because there is “not enough evidence it works”, a decision which angered campaigners and parents who said their children will suffer as a result. The final guideline is expected to be published in November 2019.