June 27, 2019 – 3 min read
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Much ado has been made about cannabidiol (CBD) and its purported health effects. To some, CBD is a miracle drug that can cure all of our everyday maladies. To others, CBD is the modern day equivalent of snake oil. So what’s the truth here? Does CBD have any health benefits or is it just another new age fad? To answer your question, here are four science-based ways that CBD can improve your health.
Autism
Over the last 20 years, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been on the rise. While no one knows exactly why autism is on the rise, there are a few ideas of how to treat the condition. According to one study conducted by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Israel, CBD may help manage some of the symptoms associated with autism.
To come to this conclusion, researchers analyzed the medical data of 188 patients with autism using medical cannabis oil to treat their condition. The oil contained approximately 30% CBD and 1.5% THC. Researchers found that after six months of treatment, 30% reported significant improvement in their condition, 53.7% moderately improved, 6.4% slightly improved, and only 8.6% reported no improvement. Researchers concluded that the treatment “appears to be well tolerated, safe and effective option to relieve symptoms associated with ASD.”
Anxiety
Fear may be the mind killer, but CBD just might the solution; at least according to a paper published in the journal Neurotherapeutics. Researchers analyzed 49 primary preclinical, clinical, or epidemiological studies involving CBD and anxiety-based conditions. After reviewing the material, researchers found that there was strong support for CBD as a treatment for anxiety disorders. At doses ranging from 300 to 600 milligrams, CBD was found to reduce anxiety.
Neuroimaging findings supported this observation and indicated that CBD might reduce “amygdala activation and altered medial prefrontal-amygdala connectivity.” Researchers concluded that the evidence “conclusively demonstrates CBD’s efficacy in reducing anxiety behaviors relevant to multiple disorders, including PTSD, GAD, PD, OCD, and SAD.”
Chronic Pain
Approximately 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. For the majority of those 50 million, the only solution to their pain has been to take addictive opioids or to use medical cannabis. But for those who want pain relief without any kind of high associated with it, there hasn’t been any kind of a solution until now.
According to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, CBD has been found to significantly suppress chronic inflammation and pain in rodents. Although no humans were used in the study, researchers believe that CBD may represent a new class of medicines for the treatment of chronic pain.
Epilepsy
Perhaps the most well-documented health benefit of CBD is its effect on patients suffering from intractable seizures. Last year, the United States Food and Drug Administrationapproved GW Pharmaceuticals’ CBD-based drug, Epidiolex, for use. Epidiolex is the first, and so far only, FDA-approved drug in the United States that has CBD as an active ingredient.
On average, patients taking Epidiolex experienced a 25% to 28% drop in convulsive seizures. The jury may still be out on some of CBD’s other purported benefits, but when it comes to seizures, the science is about as ironclad as it gets.
CBD may not be a wonder drug that can fix every disease and disorder, but it’s still an incredibly useful substance with some real-world benefits. With a few more studies, and maybe some federal funding, who know what new kind of health benefit we’ll discover?
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