CA2974895A1 — Composition and method for treating seizure disorders
Assigned to IGC Pharma Inc · Expires 2016-07-28 · 10y expired
What this patent protects
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating seizure disorders such as epilepsy in humans and animals using, in a first embodiment, the combination of (i) an effective amount of a barbiturate drug, such as phenobarbital or primidone, which solely enhances GABAergi…
USPTO Abstract
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating seizure disorders such as epilepsy in humans and animals using, in a first embodiment, the combination of (i) an effective amount of a barbiturate drug, such as phenobarbital or primidone, which solely enhances GABAergic inhibition in a patient suffering a seizure disorder; and (ii) phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) in a dosage amount sufficient to overcome the hepatic metabolic effect stimulated by the barbiturate drug and provide bioavailable CBD to the patient in clinically efficacious amounts.
Drugs covered by this patent
- Epidiolex (CANNABIDIOL) · Jazz Pharms Res
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