Cannabidiol (CBD)? Has anyone tried this specifically?

This was interesting and quite a strong statement:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19690824

"In conclusion, cannabidiol, a likely safe compound, prevents experimental colitis in mice."

And these:

Topical and systemic cannabidiol improves trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid colitis in mice.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22414698

The atypical cannabinoid O-1602 protects against experimental colitis and inhibits neutrophil recruitment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21744421

The cannabinoid TRPA1 agonist cannabichromene inhibits nitric oxide production in macrophages and ameliorates murine colitis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23373571

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 11/30/2014 8:49:18 PM (GMT-7)

Thanks Content. I was looking at it from an alternative to Imuran perspective. Perhaps something that could do similar but not have the immune suppression side effects.

More so for me it's something to think about down the road if something should go wrong on my end.

The program I watched eventually showed a company in the UK that has finally produced this but as a true "pharmaceutical" and is now just starting trial for epilepsy. I forget the brand name. Anyway it was the anti-inflammatory properties that caught my interest as I had never heard about low THC stuff before.

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Here is what I watched: Both actually as it was very interesting:

WEED - A CNN Special Report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVXRZY1_x0

Dr Sanjay Gupta's "WEED 2" Documentary
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAFu-Ihwyzg


It's unbelievable and amazing what it did for these young little girls suffering from seizures...

There is some convincing science regarding this. Personally speaking, I wasn't able to really determine any benefit or not. I certainly haven't achieved remission.

That said, I encourage you to try. This is definitely a safe treatment option.

I have been using marijuana, normal thc marijuana, to control my symptoms for the last five or six years. It is really, really effective and while it is still hard to achieve complete remission with it alone, I can come pretty close.

Obviously, the psychoactive effects aren't ideal, especially when coupled with how much hash I have to consume. So, I've been really wanting to try CBD to see if I could find a non-psychoactive alternative.

Being that I live in a non-mj state, I ordered CBD gum derived from hemp, which is legal and lab tested. I had no luck with it and it is really expensive.

I'm hoping to take a trip to Colorado at some point to get some derived from normal marijuana.

I did read a study the other day saying that a combination of CBD and THC is the most effective. But, even if I could cut down on the amount of psychoactive pot I eat and augment it with non-psychoactive CBD, that would be awesome.

Here is a link to the study:The effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol alone and in combination on damage, inflammation and in vitro motility disturbances in rat colitis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931570/