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First FDA approved Cannabidiol medication controls seizures

The prescription CBD oil is a medical game-changer

CLEVELAND — Lola Kibler has a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. Each day she would have 50 to 100 seizures and each time they would damage more of her brain. It’s a devastating illness that requires her to be on multiple medications that cause their own negative side effects.

Last June, the FDA approved the first prescription Cannabidiol (CBD) for Dravet Syndrome called Epidiolex. 

It’s a pharmaceutical of highly purified, plant derived CBD that doesn’t have the “high” associated with marijuana. Lola started taking it on January 5th. She hasn’t had a seizure since.

Lola’s neurologist prescribed the medication and she’s not even up to the recommended dosage yet. She’s also been able to begin to cut back on the other anti-seizure medications she’s been taking. Which may have led the girl who only spoke two words at a time to have another milestone.

“She came over to me and said ‘I want my bed,’ and I'm like did you just say four words together? I really look forward to having meaningful conversations with my daughter when she's out of the fog of the other seizure meds,” says Lola’s dad Khristian Kibler.

Lola’s medication is covered by the Ohio Bureau for Children With Medical Handicaps.

Epidiolex is only available through mail order pharmacy at this time. Because it’s a prescription medication, it won’t be available at Ohio’s new medical marijuana dispensaries.

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