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Marijuana use and epilepsy

Prevalence in patients of a tertiary care epilepsy center

From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Donald W. Gross, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, 2E3.19 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada; e-mail: donald.gross{at}ualberta.ca

The authors sought to determine the prevalence of marijuana use in patients with epilepsy by performing a telephone survey in a tertiary care epilepsy center. Twenty-one percent of subjects had used marijuana in the past year with the majority of active users reporting beneficial effects on seizures. Twenty-four percent of all subjects believed marijuana was an effective therapy for epilepsy. Despite limited evidence of efficacy, many patients with epilepsy believe marijuana is an effective therapy for epilepsy and are actively using it.

Received October 13, 2003. Accepted in final form December 10, 2003.

See also pages 1924 and 2098

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