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Keppra and Marijuana

Mon, 10/17/2011 - 21:47
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

My 15 yr old son was just diagnosed with epilepsy. He is on Keppra and smokes marijuana. Are there any serious side effects of smoking while on Keppra. Anyone out there smoke and take Keppra? He just started Keppra today. 2 doses. 1 in the morning and 1 at night.  Also, do they side effects of Keppra subside?

Comments

Needing advice. I have a 32

Submitted by Brownie on Sun, 2017-07-23 - 07:30
Needing advice. I have a 32 year old son with epilepsy on keppra and medical marijuana.  Had 4 seizures tonight and 3 last week.  Any ideas why this happened?

Hello,  have you tried a

Submitted by amattison on Wed, 2017-11-01 - 21:08
Hello,  have you tried a medical-grade CBD oil?  Saving Grace CBD  oil out of Colorado has trace amounts of a variety of cannabinoids so as to achieve the entourage effect: all of the compounds working together to provide superior results. Under .3% thc, so can be shipped anywhere. We've seen much better results with seizures from ingesting cbd oil, than smoking/vaping.  Thanks for the insight re: Keppra and cannabis.

Hello,  have you tried a

Submitted by amattison on Wed, 2017-11-01 - 21:57
Hello,  have you tried a medical-grade CBD oil?  Saving Grace CBD  oil out of Colorado has trace amounts of a variety of cannabinoids so as to achieve the entourage effect: all of the compounds working together to provide superior results. Under .3% thc, so can be shipped anywhere. We've seen much better results with seizures from ingesting cbd oil, than smoking/vaping.  Thanks for the insight re: Keppra and cannabis.

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