Seven months have passed since the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) began testing the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) for epilepsy patients.
Testing began after Carly’s Law was passed by Alabama’s state legislature to allow people who suffer from severe forms of epilepsy to treat their conditions with marijuana oil. The first results are trickling in and so far, they look promising…
Case in point is little Carly Chandler, the girl whom the law is named after. This year, she is laughing and giggling. This time last year, her parents could only dream of hearing such sounds. According to her father, Carly’s cognitive ability is showing much improvement and her seizures are practically non-existent. Before CBD oil treatment Carly was having as many as 300 seizures a day. These results began showing after just two treatments.
According to Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski, the program overseer, many of the participants of the UAB study are seeing a symptom reduction of greater than 90 percent in either their overall seizures or in the severity. Dr. Szaflariski is astounded by these results as the patients all underwent other “traditional” medical treatments and saw unfavorable results.
“I am surprised at how good of a response we’re seeing,” Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski told reporters.
In addition to seeing positive results for epilepsy patients, this study is also giving us a ton of information on the interactions, expectations and even side effects of using CBD oil.