Terpene-Enriched CBD oil for treating autism-derived symptoms unresponsive to pure CBD : Case report

Copyright © 2022 Raz, Heller, Lombardi, Marino, Davidson and Eyal..

Cannabidiol (CBD) rich products are successfully used in some countries for treating symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet, CBD provides insufficient intervention in some individuals, or for some characterizing symptoms of ASD, raising the need for improved compositions. The current study presents a case wherein pure CBD was sufficient for treating ASD during childhood and early adolescence. However, it became insufficient during puberty accompanied by increased hyperactivity, agitation, and frequent severe aggressive behavior. Increasing the CBD dose did not result in significant improvement. Enriching the pure CBD with a carefully selected blend of anxiolytic and calming terpenes, resulted in gradual elimination of those aggressive events. Importantly, this was achieved with a significantly reduced CBD dose, being less than one-half the amount used when treating with pure CBD. This case demonstrates a strong improvement in efficacy due to terpene enrichment, where pure CBD was not sufficient. Combined with terpenes' high safety index and the ease with which they can be incorporated into cannabinoid-containing products, terpene-enriched CBD products may provide a preferred approach for treating ASD and related conditions. The careful selection of terpenes to be added enables maximizing the efficacy and tailoring the composition to particular and changing needs of ASD subjects, e.g., at different times of the day (daytime vs nighttime products).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in pharmacology - 13(2022) vom: 10., Seite 979403

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Raz, Noa [VerfasserIn]
Heller, Iso [VerfasserIn]
Lombardi, Titti [VerfasserIn]
Marino, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Davidson, Elyad M [VerfasserIn]
Eyal, Aharon M [VerfasserIn]

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Agitation
Autism
Case Reports
Case report
Cbd
Terpene-enriched
Terpenes
Treatment efficacy

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Date Revised 18.11.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fphar.2022.979403

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NLM34899561X