Étiquette : antiepileptique

Cannabidiol EPIDYOLEX 100 mg/ml, solution buvable, Première évaluation, HAS, Commisssion de la Transparence, Avis 13 mai 2020

Cannabidiol EPIDYOLEX 100 mg/ml, solution buvable Première évaluation COMMISSION DE LA TRANSPARENCE AVIS 13 MAI 2020 Haute Autorité de Santé, HAS - Direction de l'Evaluation Médicale, Economique et de Santé Publique Avis définitif    L’essentiel Avis favorable au remboursement en association au clobazam dans le traitement des crises d’épilepsie associées au syndrome de Lennox-Gastaut (SLG) ou au syndrome de Dravet (SD), chez les patients de 2 ans et plus.  Quel progrès ? Un progrès thérapeutique dans le traitement des crises d’épilepsie associées au syndrome de Lennox-Gastaut ou au syndrome de Dravet, chez les patients de 2 ans et plus.  Quelle place dans la stratégie thérapeutique ? Crises d’épilepsie [...]

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Anticonvulsive Properties of Cannabidiol in a Model of Generalized Seizure Are Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Dependent, Royston A. Gray et al., 2019

Anticonvulsive Properties of Cannabidiol in a Model of Generalized Seizure Are Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Dependent Royston A. Gray, Colin G. Stott, Nicholas A. Jones, Vincenzo Di Marzo, and Benjamin J. Whalley Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2019,1-5. Doi : 10.1089/can.2019.0028   Abstract Introduction : Highly purified cannabidiol (CBD) (approved as Epidiolex in the United States) has demonstrated efficacy with an acceptable safety profile in patients with Lennox–Gastaut or Dravet syndrome in four randomized controlled trials. CBD possesses affinity for many target classes with functional effects relevant to the pathophysiology of many disease types, including epilepsy. Although the mechanism of action of CBD underlying the reduction [...]

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Translational Investigation of the Therapeutic Potential of Cannabidiol (CBD) : Toward a New Age, José A. Crippa et al., 2018

Translational Investigation of the Therapeutic Potential of Cannabidiol (CBD) : Toward a New Age José A. Crippa, Francisco S. Guimaraes, Alline C. Campos, Antonio W. Zuardi Frontiers in Immunology, 21 september 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02009   Background: Among the many cannabinoids in the cannabis plant, cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound that does not produce the typical subjective effects of marijuana. Objectives: The aim of the present review is to describe the main advances in the development of the experimental and clinical use of cannabidiol CBD in neuropsychiatry. Methods: A non-systematic search was performed for studies dealing with therapeutic applications of CBD, especially performed by Brazilian researchers. Results: CBD was shown [...]

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