Does CBD Have Any Value as a Treatment?

Last week we covered CBD and mental health, finding that data to backup health claims are scarce and consumer CBD products are often sketchy. In this week’s episode on CBD and other health ailments, we find that many of the same caveats apply.

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[healthcaretriage]

At 3:16 it looks like one of our sources got cut off. It should read: The American Journal of Psychiatry

Hey, while you're here, thanks for watching and have a nice day :)

[leslierae]

My dad got addicted to pain medication after a back injury and a traumatic back surgery. It was a horrible time in all of our family. He started taking CBD tincture, which was recommended to him by a friend who was a practicing doctor, and after six months my dad was completely off of pain medication. A couple months after that he stopped taking the CBD tincture and it was truly like a miracle. I got my Dad back. I will forever be in support of CBD as a medical aid because I’ve seen how life changing it can be.

[TheBetterGame]

It might have been worth spending 20 seconds explaining WHY there's no good studies on CBD in the USA. Until not long ago, it was really hard to run those trials. CBD is still regulated Schedule 1, and until 2018 was treated as harshly as Heroin, LSD, Ecstasy, and the dreaded killer drug THC. Getting permission to even study it was near impossible.

[dominic]

Blown away by the fact there isn't more research done on CBD as a replacement therapy for opioids.

[slurveh]

Maybe if cannabis wasn't a Schedule 1 drug we could find some real reliable studies then!

[alexandertilita]

Just wanted to mention : I have a brother with a bad mental condition which trigerred multiple epileptic seizures per day. After starting on a hemp oil treatment, his seizures have decreased by 100x. This has given his brain a respite and has improved his quality of life

[mikeroni]

Why aren’t large scale studies being done? Are there regulatory barriers? Or is it a lack of interest? It seems crazy how it’s blown up so much based on pure anecdotes

[Zipo]

Hey can you do a video on all the different types of Water that people claim have health benefits like high PH water and things like that that? Or the black water?

[migrastilnaturalmigrainesu]

I hope the CBD information continues to get passed on to the public, thank you for sharing this!

[synthetic]

I would love for more trials to be done with CBD. It has helped me in a limited way with pain and anxiety, but I know that type of anecdotal evidence isn't worth much in the medical community. It would be nice to see more clinical trials and less peddling of it without any studies.

[RjWolf]

It seems crazy that so many people are taking something and research funds are so nonexistent that we only test people 7 at a time.

[nab-rkob]

I found CBD excellent for inflammation reduction if taken at a high dose. It works even better than ibuprofen. However, as noted, it is expensive. I have many illnesses, take many medications, and wonder about CBD's possible effects on the liver. It is a shame that more studies have not been done. I don't take ibuprofen regularly because of liver, kidney, and stomach issues. For now, I wait for the trials.

[mrfishmanu]

Unfortunately, a big part of the reason we see so few studies on the benefits (or lack of) from CBD and/or THC is due to it being a Schedule I substance (though CBD made from Hemp was recently excluded from the Controlled Substances Act). For those that don't know, a Schedule I drug is considered to have both a high risk of abuse and no medicinal value. The problem this creates is that not only is it nearly impossible to get funding for research in this area, in many cases it's actually illegal. Let's hope in the near future congress either removes marijuana/THC/CBD from the controlled substances act, or at least reclassifies it into a different schedule so we can get some serious research going.

[lehannaallen]

What is the minimum amount of test participants to be considered an effective amount for a good trial (or, one that doesn't earn an eyeroll for ineffectiveness)?

[hidesbehindpseudonym]

I'm probably going to stop spending money on CBD after hearing this. I was kind of on the fence, and the effect was minimal. I think I would be better off saving the money and spending it on more massages or legal cannabis edibles when they become available, to deal with pain and anxiety.

[nathanmitchell]

Also most of the benefits seem to show themselves in the form of Full Spectrum Oil's and Products that include the whole plant extract rather than CBD isolates

[lila-gracenunyasun]

That poor one transplant patient who felt no changes. I imagine that using other pain relief was limited - at least for a bit. Ouch! There's a THC medication here in Canada that's used often, Nabilone. I wish there was more research and avaliable regulated pharmaceuticals that use CBD and THC

[nicolasdominguez]

Given existing results, is it likely that more bigger scale studies will be conducted, or are the results such that it does not look worthwhile?

[iainburgess]

Personally, i think a pattern of evidence for the limitations of current broad "general study" *must affect All parties with little side effects* are becoming clearer.
We probably don't have the detailed information for specific definition relative to individual reactions, especially given how many testing regimes & biomarkers are still being defined, refined & discovered.
But the pattern that we all react specifically & individually to All Medical conditions & treatments is undeniable. An approach to medication that can better account for this & give standards for individual customisation that is more informed than the current trial & error would be redefining for the industry, life-saving, & life changing for the patients involved.
If we could find relative testable signs & causalities for issues, side effects, we could drastically increase treatment effectiveness & efficiency.

[johncuen]

Please do an episode on Ozone therapy!