Emergency Medicine

Epilepsy is caused by abnormally excited electrical signals in the brain resulting in seizures or fits, which lead to disturbed brain function and cause changes in attention or behavior.

Study lead Dr. Ben Whalley, from the Departments of Pharmacy and Psychology, at the university said: "There was a stigma associated with cannabis that came out from the 60s and 70s associated with recreational use, so people have tended not to look at it medicinally as a result.”

Discovery of the compounds

Researchers warned that the wrong dosages of liquid medicine administered could be potentially dangerous for kids.

While administering medicine to a child, one should also refrain from using household spoon for measurement; instead spoon or measuring device given by pharmacist along with medicine should be used.

The study results were presented at the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (FIP) annual conference in Lisbon on Monday.

The agency stated on Friday that some online pharmaceutical companies are selling bogus Tamiflu drug called ‘Generic Tamiflu’ that could cause toxic reactions to people allergic to penicillin, as it forms an active ingredient of the fake drug.

The original Tamiflu drug has extensively been used to treat H1N1.

CBC News quoted the U.S. commissioner of food and drugs, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, as saying, “A rogue internet website marketing drug products may look like a professional and legitimate website but may actually be an illegal operation.”

FDA tests