{"id":8512,"date":"2018-11-02T01:21:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T01:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2018\/11\/01\/first-cannabis-based-medicine-approved-by-fda-arrives-in-the-u-s\/104745\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T01:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T01:21:55","slug":"first-cannabis-based-medicine-approved-by-fda-arrives-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/first-cannabis-based-medicine-approved-by-fda-arrives-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"First cannabis-based medicine approved by FDA arrives in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/first-cannabis-based-medicine-approved-by-fda-arrives-in-the-u-s\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gw_pharmaceuticals_ceo_talks_epidiolex_future_of_cannabidiol_medicine_1-1-532x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/first-cannabis-based-medicine-approved-by-fda-arrives-in-the-u-s.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/first-cannabis-based-medicine-approved-by-fda-arrives-in-the-u-s-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p>For the first time, a marijuana-based medicine approved by federal regulators is available for prescription in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The medicine, called Epidiolex, is used to treat seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet syndromes, two forms of epilepsy, which is a neurological disorder, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause these patients have historically not responded well to available seizure medications, there has been a dire need for new therapies that aim to reduce the frequency and impact of seizures,\u201d said Justin Gover, chief executive officer of\u00a0GW Pharmaceuticals, the United Kingdom-based company that developed the drug, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/11\/01\/marijuana-medicine-fda-seizures\/\">Read the rest of this story on DenverPost.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013; &#013; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, a marijuana-based medicine approved by federal regulators is available for prescription in the United States. The medicine, called Epidiolex, is used to treat seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet syndromes, two forms of epilepsy, which is a neurological disorder, according to a news release. \u201cBecause these patients have historically not responded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,441,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[3015],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}