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CBD vs. THC: Medical Benefits and Key Differences

Miss Marijuana

While CBD and THC might sound pretty similar, they actually offer some pretty different effects. Did you know that over 33% of Americans have tried CBD products for health reasons? Let’s dive into the basics of CBD and THC, so you can understand the science behind the hype! Cannabis is making waves in the world of medicine!

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Microdosing Cannabis in Miami: What It Is and How It Might Help

LifeCannMD

Researchers followed chronic pain patients and found something fascinating: the group using just 2.5 to 5mg of THC got almost the same pain relief as people taking much higher doses we’re talking 64% pain reduction versus 71%. That’s roughly equivalent to a few grains of rice in terms of the actual medicine.

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Chronic Pain & Cannabis

420 Insight

Prominent health organizations acknowledge the benefits and lack of side effects of using medical cannabis for controlling chronic pain Chronic pain is widely accepted by the medical community to signify disease itself, which can be made much worse by environmental and psychological factors.

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Medical Marijuana Can Be Used to Treat Neuropathy

FloridaMarijuana.net

Neuropathic pain is chronic pain made prevalent by tissue injury. Other symptoms include : Pain or cramping, especially of the hands, feet or calf muscles. The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) states that “with neuropathic pain, the nerve fibers themselves might be damaged, dysfunctional, or injured.

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CBG ‘very helpful’ when treating medical conditions, first survey of its kind finds

The Cannigma

of the respondents who use it to treat chronic pain, 80% of those reported using it for depression, 73% of respondents with insomnia, and 78.3% The most common health conditions among the sample group were anxiety (51.2%), chronic pain (40.9%), depression (33.1%), and insomnia/distrubed sleep (30.7%).

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

But there’s another option that can address mood, pain, and more at once, all with fewer side effects: cannabis. A November 2022 article in the journal Pain Practice 11 covers a clinical trial in which 30 women suffering from fibromyalgia symptoms resistant to traditional pharmacological treatments were provided medicinal cannabis.

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Getting to Know Cannabigerol with Bonni Goldstein, MD

Project CBD

She is the medical director of Canna-Centers Wellness & Education and the clinical advisor to Cannformatics. She is also the author of Cannabis is Medicine: How Medical Cannabis and CBD are Healing Everything from Anxiety to Chronic Pain. It’s kind of a bridge between THC and CBD.