Audio And Meeting Minutes From August 3rd 2018 Medical Cannabidiol Board Hearing (Bipolar Was Considered Here)

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Bipolar petition first seen here was denied in November:

 

PTSD/Bipolar

Disorder

•

Dr. Shreck recommended that this petition be handled as two

separate conditions.

• Discussion was held on how to handle the proposal as the

conditions were submitted together. Consensus concluded

that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Bipolar Disorder

are clearly two separate conditions. Questions and concerns

with the board’s ability to split a petition containing

multiple disorders were shared and the statute was reviewed.

It was determined that the Board has the authority to consider

addition of new conditions independent of the receipt of a

petition, thus splitting the conditions for consideration was

allowable.

•Dr. Stoken expressed the desire to have additional time to

review studies for PTSD as well as Bipolar Disorder.

•A motion was made by Dr. Stoken to defer a vote for both conditions, and to take them up for consideration as two separate conditions at the November 2, 2018 meeting.
Cheney – aye

Liesveld – aye

Miller – aye

Shreck – aye

Stoken – aye

McKelvey – aye

Motion to defer this petition until the November 2018

meeting carried.

•Board members requested the following information, if

available, as part of their information review process.

o Any studies from the Veterans Administration.

o A list of what conditions have been approved in

other states has been requested

o Any data on how use of medical cannabidiol

has been helpful in treating PTSD, as well as any

adverse effects.

o Dr. Stoken shared a link to a study related to PTSD

[SR1]

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c. Ulcerative Colitis

• Discussion regarding this petition included an opinion that

omission of Ulcerative Colitis had to be a legislative oversight

as it is so close to the statutorily enumerated and approved

condition Crohn’s disease.

• Notation was made that the submission, review and voting

process for petitions to add conditions is rigorous

and questions were raised about how the list of qualifying

debilitating medical conditions listed in the statute was derived.

• An opinion was shared that Ulcerative Colitis could also qualify

under untreatable pain.

• Motion was made by Dr. Miller to add U lcerative Colitis as an approved condition, seconded by Dr. Shreck

• Cheyne – aye

• Lies – aye

• Miller – aye

• Shreck – aye

• Stoken – aye

• McKelvey – aye

Motion Carried

IDPH will document this recommendation and

share with the Iowa Board of Medicine.