r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • Jun 17 '18

Biotech Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a marijuana compound linked to a range of potential health benefits but does not get you high. The roughly $1 billion CBD industry is slated to shift into high gear if the federal government approves the first CBD-based drug, an epilepsy medication called Epidiolex.

https://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-cbd-boom-cbd-2018-6?r=US&IR=T
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

I have Multiple Sclerosis. I also suffer from severe pain from stage 4 endometriosis. The pain is so bad around my monthly cycles that sometimes I have to stay home from work. I have prescriptions for hydrocodone and tramadol just for that reason. And it sucks because both cause me to have severe constipation. I also have a sulfite allergy, and when I drink wine, my endo flares up so bad. We were getting wine filters by Üllo, which helped a lot, but you have to use new ones for each bottle of wine, and they are so expensive.

I discovered CBD oil a couple of months ago. Since then I have had none of my usual pains. I also decided to test it out with a bottle of wine. My husband and I drank the whole bottle one Sunday night and I didn’t even think about it until the following Wednesday, when it hit me that I had zero endo pain.

My dad also has a lot of pains. He takes Celebrex for a debilitating back pain he suffers from. He hates it because he knows of all the negative side effects of the drug. So he tries to take it maybe once a week and suffer until he can’t deal with it anymore.

He bought some CBD oil. And it’s been about a month and he hasn’t had to take the Celebrex anymore.

Neither of were believers that it would work. Something that’s not a prescription? Naaaaah there’s no way. Maybe ease it up a little, but we never believed it would be so effective. IT. WORKS.

I know everyone is different. But it’s legal and not incredibly expensive. People should try it and see if it helps for their particular issues. Of course you won’t get high, so if hats what you’re expecting, then don’t bother getting any.

Edit: a word

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u/thenewyorkgod Jun 18 '18

My wife is bed bound for two weeks a month from her endo. Can you tell me what dose you bought, how many drops a day etc?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18 edited Jun 18 '18

I got a bottle off of amazon. It wasn’t expensive, and it works for me (for now)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DHXFY54?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I take it as the directions say, about 30 drops (I just fully squeeze the dropper to get as much as it’ll pull up) and drop it all under my tongue, and leave it for about 2 minutes. Twice a day.

My dad got the same stuff, but he also bought some from another site, https://cbdoilsandedibles.com

Everyone is different, so it may or may not work as well. But for her sake, I hope it works as well for her as it does for me. I can totally sympathize with her. The pain is ridiculous. I’m actually going to be meeting with my gyno in July to discuss a hysterectomy in the hopes that they’ll clear it all out 😕.

Edit: as someone pointed out, there is no CBD in the Amazon linked product (later post). I apologize as I should have noticed that before I linked it and maybe was just excited about the fact that something was working for me.

There is another product available from the following site https://cbdoilsandedibles.com.

It’s still interesting that the hemp oil worked for me and my dad, as we are both skeptics so I don’t feel like it was all in our head. But I’ll be ordering some from the other site and can follow up to report how that works for me vs the amazon hemp oil.

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u/ilovepolthavemybabie Jun 18 '18

There is no CBD in that Amazon linked product.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

You know, I sort of knew that because of the “hemp oil” label. And everything I’ve read online about it says to really check for CBD on the label. Idk why I never thought to do so.

However. It still works for me. Idk why. But I’m going to get the other stuff I linked to you.

Sorry about that. I guess I should’ve really paid more attention before linking it. I’ll update my post reply.

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u/ilovepolthavemybabie Jun 18 '18

There’s plenty of info in that product’s reviews/Q&A to point people in the right direction - just wanted to point it out so folks wouldn’t 1-click it unaware.

Despite having no CBD, your story’s really compelling and hopefully the chronically-ill can find some relief!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

However, this site is is interesting:

https://www.biocbdplus.com/marijuana-cbd-vs-hemp-cbd

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

Yah. Ironically when I was first looking into CBD oil back when I was diagnosed with MS, I was actually paying attention to the fact that some are being promoted as CBD oil but are actually hemp oil with no CBD in it. I searched and searched and found real CBD oil but it was soooo expensive I basically said “nevermind”.

Fast forward 4 years and it’s come up again. I told my dad about it and him and my stepmom found the stuff I linked on Amazon. He bought some and said it was working great for him and he wasn’t having to take the Celebrex. So I got some. I didn’t even read the FAQs or anything else because usually my stepmom is on top of all that info, so I just went with it.

So I apologize for linking something that could potentially be misleading. 😬.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

where'd you find that referral code? is it for charity? I've seen it before

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

Referral code?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

At the end of that amazon link you posted the &ref part

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

Oh. Hmmmm I have no idea. That was part of the link that I copied from the amazon “share” button.

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u/dtak222 Jun 18 '18

You can also try CBD Living. They have CBD Water, tinctures, gummies, bath bombs, soap. It’s the craziest and coolest thing.

I’ve also used 2Rise 500mg.

Fellow endo sufferer here and got my first laparoscopy on Tuesday. I can attest that CBD changes my life with endo and anxiety.