Has anybody here tried using CBD for pain relief and anti-inflammation?

[potone]

I have multiple back problems, including arthritis. The problem is acute if I sit up for long. Over the counter drugs don't help, and I don't want to take an opiate. I have read that CBD, derived from hemp, which is legal, works for some people. Do any of you have any experience with it?

[mopinko]

1. get the to a pain doc.

there are many pain meds out there that are not opiates.
why dont you want to take them, anyway? people who have actual pain dont get hooked.

[potone]

2. I've been to a pain doctor.

He is the one who wants to prescribe an opiate. I am on other medication so that affects what he prescribes. But I also have a very bad case of IBS and I don't want to deal with the side effects of opiates, which can aggravate that condition. Hence my interest in CBD.

[mopinko]

3. ah ha.

tramadol might work for you. doesnt have the same sides.

[DesertFlower]

19. i have IBS too. mine causes constipation.

i take aloe lax and it works.

[DesertFlower]

18. i've been on hydrocodone for almost 5 years.

i have heard that people with actual pain don't get addicted.

i have scoliosis which has gotten worse over the years. had 6 epidurals -- 3 upper, 3 lower -- did not help. i take 1/2 pill every 4 hours. it doesn't stop all the pain. if i bend over or stand too long i will have pain and have to get off my feet.

i also have IBS and CFS/ME.

i have insomnia too and benzos don't work on me. neither does ambien. just got a prescription for lunesta and i'm starting that tonight. hopefully it will work. the only other thing that puts me to sleep is seroquel, but i can't take it if i have to do anything the next day because it knocks me out.

i tried medical marijuana and it made my pain worse. i thought it might help me sleep, but it made me hyper. back in the day when i did smoke pot it put me to sleep.

BTW. i have a high pain tolerance.

[NightWatcher]

4. I smoke a lot of weed

I've rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, lupus nephritis, mixed connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis, and Raynauds.

I have pain daily, either from muscle deteriorating, cramping, or weakness. I refuse to take any more opiates.

I do not live in a state where cannabis is legal but I do not care. Laws be damned

It helps with the pain and peripheral neuropathy. If I smoke it for a week in a row, I feel it's effects for 3-5 days after that.

Find someone who can set you up and start experimenting for yourself on yourself.

[F4lconF16]

5. Had a friend who used it for everything from seizure meds to pain killers.

She had severe pain a lot, and it helped her a ton. I have other friends who use it for pain relief. It can be very effective. I know it's made a huge difference to help me sleep the last couple nights and recover from a hard fall while riding home.

You'll want to get something with high CBD levels, though there are a lot more chemicals from hemp that can help you. Here's a good reference: [URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL

You can look on labels and they'll tell you what levels of cannibinoids are in them. Here's an example: [URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]
This goes for edible products and the like as well.

This is assuming you live in a state which makes it legal for you to go pick it up yourself and if you want to figure it out. Otherwise, I would suggest going to a dispensary as they have good ideas on what particular product is best, or talking to a doctor about it as well.

Cannibis and hemp products are incredibly helpful and diverse in their effects. I, and almost everyone I know who has used it, are fully in favor of using it medicinally. They really do work for many people.

[potone]

6. Thank you, that is very helpful.

I do live in a state where marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes, but I think my pain doctor is the type who disapproves of it, and would rather have me take a narcotic, which makes no sense to me. Come July, it will be legal here in Oregon for recreational use, but legal shops apparently won't open until January, 2016. In the meantime, I will either have to ask a different doctor or see if the CBD works: I don't want to get high, just to get pain relief so that i can go back to doing research. I know that they sell it in Washington, but it is a risk for an Oregon resident to re-enter the state with any kind of pot purchased in Washington.

[Pakhet]

14. If there's a dispensary near you they may have a Dr., not on staff,

But one they will refer you to if you have a recalcitrant GP. My doc is a DO who believes it's a much better alternative to any other pain management system, so he's happy to let me work through thc/cbd products and report back. Currently trying out a cbd transdermal patch which is working wonders

[womanofthehills]

7. My friend takes it for MS

It helps her big time with pain - she had been addicted to Valium. Some of the high CBD strains will cut the pain without making you very high.

[BobbyBoring]

8. I just started CBD 3 weeks ago

it does seem to decrease my pain although I do take narcotic painkillers. The real reason I'm taking it is I've just been diagnosed with ALS. I'll report back on if it slows the progression of this. I would highly recommend it though as you have absolutely nothing to lose.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. You can get cannibid drops to use in e-cigs

Legal in all 50 states because there is no THC.

[potone]

10. I had no idea that was available.

Thank you for the information. Have you tried this, and did it help with pain?

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I haven't tried it

It's not cheap, but one website is

Www.trymiraclesmoke.com

Www.cloud9hemp.com - lots of flavors

[CountAllVotes]

12. Marinol is a CBD

It was recently made a schedule III drug rather than a schedule I drug.

The problem I see is finding someone to RX it and I rather doubt a narcotic pushing pain med doctor at a pain clinic would RX it if said person is against the use of medical MJ.

I have MS btw and I find that sativas are too intense much of the time and that indica strains are more effective than sativas are for pain.

I hope you can find someone you can work with that doesn't intimidate you do death!

Its a sad world to be living in with a chronic intractable pain problem as I have and sounds as if you do too. You just want some sort of a life is all you want but that is too much to wish for with this war on drugs shit going on full stream ahead as they now wish to drug test people with progressive diseases and chronic conditions for which there is no real hope and they know it already and no magic diet out there is going to "fix" it. Nope.

[Pakhet]

13. Yes. In my opinion CBD products are a miracle and need to be made availavle

OTC. I'm trying a new transdermal CBD patch and it has been AMAZING. for the first time in years I can do simple things like raise my arm above my head or walk farther than just getting the shopping done. Wasn't at all convinced when it was recommended, but have had it on for 2days now (supposedly lasts for 96 hours. We'll see) and I'm definitely a convert.

On edit: I have lupus with muscle and connective tissue involvement, arthritis and no thyroid function as well as the attendant lupus sides like reynauds syndrome

[Digit]

15. How is that working for you now

I have pretty extreme pain in my knees and see a pain management dr every month. I would love to know where you get these patches and if they help. I am on fentanyl now and am miserable. It worked for two weeks and quit. My dr says she can't increase the dose. I can't have surgery either because my lungs are in too poor of shape for anesthesia.

Just think of all the people in worse shape....my heart goes out to them.

[Pakhet]

16. Still working amazingly.

The patch lasts more like 72 hours rather than 96, but I'll take it. Mary's Nutritionals is the company I use. I know they have an 8_10 hour patch CBD for sale on their website but I haven't tried that one. I get the longer lasting one at my mmj dispensary. I heartily recommend them. The only problem I have (and it's not a product problem) is that once the patch takes care of the major pain all the smaller pains that get shouted down start to make themselves known. But still, I'm probably 80% pain free with it, and ill take that too.

[Bill USA]

17. recommend you try Curcumin plus 5-Loxin (5-lipooxygenase inhibitor)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11472884#post2

[womanofthehills]

20. My friend just got a CBD patch

I am in a medical marijuana state. My friend does not have a medical marijuana card but she was able to get the patch from the dispensary because it has no THC. She also bought some CBD oil to rub on her foot. Said it helps.