CBD oil

Might this stuff help? If so how much of it is a good amount to have? Any success stories?

I'm especially interested if anybody has tried a spray. I looked at a product called 5% Love CBD Spray which is just hemp extract and MCT oil. Recommended: 1 Spray Under The Tongue, 1-2 Times a Day.

Do you think that might help UC?

Post Edited (~ chicken wings ~) : 3/19/2017 4:30:11 PM (GMT-6)

I'm looking forward to seeing the answers for those questions too (I am completely clueless atm).

The one I'm looking at is 500mg of CBD and 0% THC. I am very much assuming that this will not interfere with any drugs such as Remicade, sulfasalazine, prednisolone, mesalazine (those are what I am currently on)? It almost seems silly to ask as I am pretty sure that is not possible, but I do want to be extra sure as I don't know a huge amount about this stuff and especially not from experience! Here it is legal as far as i can tell and although I don't think I can be prescribed it, I can get hold of it so all I want to know is whether that checks out to people. If so I will try it as a spray.

And can anybody just tell me, why on EARTH this is such a taboo subject that it is banned in so many ways? Has anybody here tried it for their UC and seen no benefit whatsoever, or had good results etc? Why are more people not trying this when it appears to have such a low or non existent side effects profile from what I can see and I read a lot of success stories? Some thoughts and answers to all this would be great...

Sorry to hear about the pain and symptoms but glad the sleep is better.

I've been doing a tiny bit of digging. Basically, I've seen more anecdotal recommendations for CBD+THC than just CBD, in fact the full cannabis extract or smoking the stuff seems to do the most for people. I am talking purely about anecdotes I've read online here, not making scientific claims.

For me personally at this point, the above isn't really a treatment option I'm considering.

As for just CBD. Not really seen as very useful on its own for colitis as far as I can tell. Now, it's the drug interactions that are the interesting bit. Apparently it affects the metabolization of many pharmaceutical drugs. It can mean that some drugs are more powerful because they aren't broken down so much, whereas others are less powerful. Something to do with it affecting enzymes, I believe primarily in the liver.

Personally I'd be reluctant to take CBD if on heavy duty meds like Remicade for example. I for one would not want to make that drug more potent in my body as I am concerned enough about having the dose I'm on as it is.

If you are on more lenient drugs like mezalazine, then maybe CBD oil would be more of a good bet. Or maybe full extract cannabis as some of the other stuff in it might counteract the effects on metabolization.

Just my thoughts from what I read online. I'm not claiming to be an expert on this subject. In fact the total opposite. So sorry if any or all of the above is wrong. But from what I read online I think there's some stuff to consider here.