Finally, some decent quality research into cannabis and epilepsy. A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the use of cannabis to control epileptic seizures. This research showed a reduction in the frequency of convulsive seizures in kids suffering from Dravet syndrome. This was a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled study. This design…
Dissociative Seizures We have been seeing an increasing number of patients with dissociative seizures at Ormond Neuroscience. Alternatively, perhaps I am more aware of dissociative seizures, so I notice it more easily. Curious about the epidemiology, I investigated. Compelling figures when one investigates the epidemiology. Refractory epilepsy is epilepsy that is resistant to drug treatment.…
