"Mostly, effective pain drugs remove the anxiety connected with pain. You still hurt, but you don't give a damn."

I have NEVER found relief with CBD gels and creams and teas that do not contain THC. CBD on its own seems like a complete placebo to me. THC on the other hand, relaxes you and makes you feel happyish. You're no longer focused on the pain and worrying about it worsening.

weed high in CBD and gave me some. I made cannabutter and edibles and it was great, but probably just because of the THC. I couldn't tell the difference from my usual edibles.

It's good for bronchial/vasodilation, and although not a cure for glaucoma, it can temporarily lower the pressure in the eyeball.

It's can be great for nausea (though for certain people it can cause nausea) and appetite for people having chemotherapy or conditions who would benefit from eating when they're not prone to be hungry.

My neighbor dealt with fibromyalgia all her life and tried everything including every variation of CBD - turns out full on cannabis/THC was the actual miracle for her - it potentially might provide some relief on systemic pain syndromes. Cannabis doesn't work for pain caused by general injury, but it can cause muscle relaxation and potentially make pain more tolerable due to its chill-out effects.

(I had the same reaction to Vicodin - an actual painkiller. I still had the pain, but it took the "sharp point" of it away and made me not obsess about the pain. Unfortunately opiates have that "everything is groovy and awesome" effect only for like 10-15 minutes - that and the lack of plateau for pain relief tends to be what hooks people on it.)

Some people I've known say Cannabis is the only remedy for a migraine headache that works - likely due to vasodilation and muscle relaxation.

Sativa strains are good for social anxiety, depression, motivation (some weed will make you want to get things done - like I've decided to paint the bathroom right now!); indica strains for hyper-anxiety and insomnia - especially if caused by "racing intrusive thoughts" or lack of sleep due to general pain or discomfort. Sativa usually is inspirational; indica is calming.

24 hours a day I'm in pain. I get high and still feel the pain but I'm nice and toasty. Booze does it too but it's got other effects
I would rather avoid.

for the same reasons and use pot in small quantities for the pain.

in which case they're like Ben-Gay, which gives the illusion of warming a sore area. Then they're overpriced Ben-Gay.

CBD, taken internally, is a mild anxiolytic so it can be an adjunct in pain relief., although I've found a combination of plant alkaloids to work better. Those plus Tylenol do give improved relief over just the Tylenol and, as I said, the last thing I want is an opiate.

Come to think of it, that might be why opiate use drops in recreational cannabis states, there's an actual aversion to them when cannabis is used, instead. Or maybe a lot of us are just clean living, one drug at a time.

I still hurt, but I no longer cared. Really relieved when the bones knitted, I got back to moving again, and PT/neuromuscular therapy for soft tissue sequelae.

Feel badly for those for whom the pain becomes chronic.

Only had it once when I broke my arm, they gave me a small dose in the ambulance. Felt relief from pains I didn’t know I had until they were gone, and that was from a dose so small I barely felt high. That being said, I don’t think opioids are appropriate for long or even medium term use since they are highly addictive and become less effective over time.

If you’re old enough to remember Darvon, now that was a painkiller that didn’t relieve pain, at least it didn’t for me.

Utterly worthless.

You still hurt; you just don't care.

With the exceptions of side effects, it keeps the pain from multiplying across the body.

I wasn't even expecting it to do so as I was trying CBD for anxiety and helping me sleep better.

I told my father about it, and he started taking it for spinal stenosis when no other drug was working for him. It worked great


I have told a couple of other people, but both of them had no relief

So, my limited data set suggests it's hit or miss in terms of pain relief.

with muscle soreness (inflammation?).

What I have seen is that chronic muscular and skeletal pain cam be helped. Yet that wasn't the types of pain most of the studies looked at. Plus CBD is long term, yet there were studies looking at it trying to treat acute rather than chronic pain (like after surgery)

There was even a study involving irritable bowel syndrome which is really off the rails

are to be expected because of the influence of the industry; check out how many pharma companies advertise in journals like this one. The misrepresentations and misleading comparisons in this article sound pretty egregious, though.

Full article here: https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(23)00582-5/fulltext|

CBD just helps lighten your wallet.

is in any CBD you buy. From FDA website:

I get it from intrensichemp.com

CBD can help in conjunction with THC. Alone it helps with anxiety. People who get anxiety from smoking weed should pick strains that have a little bit of CBD in them along with the THC to mitigate.

Some of that "anxiety" is actually tachycardia, a well known side effect of cannabis in some people and one which is very unpleasant.

….. then and now too. I was cut open, had my guts messed with, paralyzed for a time, and
almost died.

I'm glad cannabis helped. A friend went through something similar but cannabis wasn't legal yet. The boredom really got to her.

I'm happy to say she's fine now.

Follow the instructions exactly, you need to remove them in a timely manner or the drug can affect your heart.

I was a little surprised to find them OTC because of this.

Still, the patches do offer a lot of relief and the relief persists for hours after the patches come off.

My experience with back and joint pain is the CBD-only products were ineffective, but those with THC or THC/CBD helped.

I was thinking there must be something wrong with me... that people were all getting so much relief, and here I was... it wasn't doing anything for me. And it didn't seem to make any difference what the price of the CBD... expensive was just as ineffective as cheap. At least I see others have had my experience, too. That actually helps a little. Now, if only we could get cannabis legalized in KS (sigh).

They're going to have to delist it from the schedules, period. As research goes on and more substances made by that clever little plant are isolated and tested, it might provide some actual drugs. Or it might turn out cannabis is effective only when all the components work together.

Eradication of the plant hasn't worked, there are too many farmers. Grass needs to join the GRAS list.

Whenever I worked on an oncology floor here in NM or back in Boston, the policy was turning a blind eye to any patient who headed for the stairwell with a joint and a lighter. Those were the patients who could continue to eat and had more energy to fight the cancer and the horrible treatments.

I tried oral, topical and smoking. THC does have some effect.

and eating home made edibles since the mid 70s. I have never noticed any sort of pain relief whatsoever. I do not have any chronic pain issues, so I'm talking about the kind of pain you get from a sprained ankle or a moderate rib injury.

My wife has several serious types of chronic pain, mainly arthritis. She used opiods for years just to function. Now she makes pot butter and cookies and she is completely if not pain free, at least able to be up and about in relative comfort. She has not taken an opiod for years.

I guess it's just different for different people, which is true of many pain relief products.

might not be effective for another. I put cinnamon powder in my first cup of coffee in the morning and I think it helps keep my blood sugar lower. Studies suggest cinnamon might have that effect, but not for everyone.

I also eat avocado almost every day to help with cholesterol, and I think it has. I don't mind if it hasn't!

If we think something works for us, and it's affordable and legal, use it. If we have individual fingerprints, who knows what else is unique?

cinnamon powder do you use?

I just tap the cinnamon bottle against the cup, don't measure No sugar or cream. My daughter gave me a big bottle of Vietnamese cinnamon, hope it doesn't have a high lead content like the stuff sold at the discount stores.

I’ll give cinnamon a try. Anything that possibly helps my blood sugar is worth a shot.

I went on a low carb diet (under 100 grams a day) and I lost weight. I think the cinnamon predated the diet. I got my sugar down to around 100 fasting. At least if I take it at home, it is low. I noticed if I am fasting and get bloodwork, it is higher. Bloodwork is only annual, so not that good of a comparison, but next time I get labs, I'm going to sneak in cinnamon and see what kind of a reading I get

after talking with some friends who swore by it. The stuff did nothing for my shoulder and hip pain.

Different strokes for different folks.

CBD's don't do crap.
But it will take your mind off of the pain.
The downside is, if you have pain, you might need medical treatment.
Pain is your body telling you something.
Best not to get so baked you ignore it.
Unless there is no medical remedy.
In which case, as the saying goes, "Knock yourself out."
Manage it.
Don't get carried away.

I think the Delta 9 works better but a whole gummy makes me very dizzy.

My dad swears by it. He takes it sublingually for his chronic hip pain.

and has a low potential for either dependence or harm is peachy with me.

I've used it since 2019 for joint pain. I use more than the recommended dose, but it's the leaf of a tree. It's safe. NIH has a page on it. They use it to help populations in poor countries. It's considered a super food. Get the capsules 'cause the powder tastes awful. There's a ton of info on youtube. My doc also knows I take it.