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If you smoke weed a week before an eeg, does it affect the results? the eeg is for epilepsy (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

Q: if you smoke weed a week before an eeg, does it affect the results? the eeg is for epilepsy (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

: Unlikely that contact with marijuana will alter the EEG recording, but standard 45-50 minute studies may often be falsely negative. Better, if questions emerge, is an ambulatory study over 72-96 hours, as most events would be picked up over that interval.

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Unlikely that contact with marijuana will alter the EEG recording, but standard 45-50 minute studies may often be falsely negative. Better, if questions emerge, is an ambulatory study over 72-96 hours, as most events would be picked up over that interval.

Answered 8/10/2021

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A member asked:

If you smoke weed a week before an eeg, does it affect the results? the eeg is for epilepsy (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

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