FDA Finally Admits It and Approves 1st Cannabis Based Drug
First FDA-Approved Cannabis-Based Drug Now Available In The United States
Silver Spring, Md. (CNN) — Epidiolex, the first cannabis-based medication approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, is now available by prescription in all 50 states.
The twice-daily oral solution is approved for use in patients 2 and older to treat two types of epileptic syndromes: Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic dysfunction of the brain that begins in the first year of life, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a form of epilepsy with multiple types of seizures that begins in early childhood, usually between ages 3 and 5.
SOURCE: EIN News
