Survey data reports that 22 percent of US caregivers or parents have provided CBD to an autistic child.
Topic: CBD
“Combined treatment of THC and CBD delayed the onset of … anxiety, reduced its magnitude and shortened its duration compared to inhalation of THC alone,” investigators determined.
Overall, caregivers generally reported that CBD made a significant and positive difference to individuals’ symptoms.
Cannabis extracts are a “highly effective” therapy to treat adult patients with drug resistant epilepsy, the study concluded.
Investigators reported that patients averaged a nearly two-point decrease in their pain scores (on an 11-point scale) during the trial period.
“Patients in the investigational group experienced a significantly greater reduction in sleep disturbances, and in agitation and aggression,” researchers concluded.
“CBD may have key advantages over existing [SAD] treatments,” authors suggested.
Among patients administered extracts for a period of at least one year, 51 percent experienced a significant decline in seizure frequency.