How CBD Can Help With Pain
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE
As people become more aware of the dangers associated with prescription and over the counter pain medications, many are seeking natural alternatives to treat their pain. Cannabidiol, or CBD, has become a front runner as a natural alternative to these drugs.
By Kelly Stoll
August 22, 2022 – 4 minute read
The Data
We have heard countless stories from our customers about choosing to treat their pain with CBD, both in oral and topical applications. Our customers are not alone – a survey from Brightfield Group and HelloMD covered 2,400 of HelloMD’s community of 150,000 members and examined the usage of CBD products and their effectiveness. The survey found that women were more likely than men to use CBD and once they started using it, were likely to drop their traditional medicine.
As Forbes reports in an article about the study, “The most common reasons people used CBD were to treat insomnia, depression, anxiety, and joint pain, according to Dr. Perry Solomon, the Chief Medical Officer of HelloMD. 42% of the CBD users said they had stopped using traditional medications like Tylenol pain relievers or prescription drugs like Vicodin and had switched to using cannabis instead. Eighty percent said that they found the products to be ‘very or extremely effective.’ Only 3% or less found the product to be either ineffectual or only slightly effective.”
Success Stories
While more clinical trials need to be conducted to further legitimize the effectiveness of CBD as an effective treatment for pain, the anecdotal evidence cannot be refuted. We see how CBD works every single day with professional therapists that specialize in treating chronic pain and injuries. Many of our customers also tell us that CBD has been the most effective treatment for their depression and anxiety. These statements and success stories are what drive us to offer the highest quality, natural CBD products with the singular mission of helping people to ease or eradicate their pain with natural treatments. The cannabis plant stands to be a major catalyst to ending the opioid crisis in this country, providing a gateway OUT of drug addiction and into a healthier, pain-free life.
SOURCES: Philip Conaghan, M.B.B.S., professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds' Chapel Allerton Hospital, United Kingdom; Robert Wergin, M.D., family physician, Milford, Neb., and president, American Academy of Family Physicians; Nortin Hadler, M.D., emeritus professor, medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; McNeil Consumer Healthcare, statement, March 2, 2015; March 2, 2015, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, online