Side Effects of CBD Oil
Most people who use medicinal cannabis know that cannabidiol (CBD) is a valuable ingredient for your health. But what are the side effects of CBD? Are there any? Will my body be harmed? This is a complete explanation.
A rapidly growing number of people turn to CBD oil because it can support health and help with complaints such as pain, anxiety, and sleeping problems.
Some people even ignore the doctor’s prescription for regular medication and switch completely to CBD. One of the reasons is that many drugs have nasty side effects and CBD does not.
Is CBD oil safe?
The short answer is yes.
No one has ever died from an overdose of CBD.
There are also no reports of serious health problems after using CBD products. The vast majority of people can, therefore, use CBD without unpleasant side effects. Even substantial overwriting of the daily recommended amount is not a problem.
According to a 2011 study, a daily dose of 1500 mg CBD was well tolerated by the people who participated in the study.
However, this will rarely occur in practice, since most people use 1500 mg in a month. This, therefore, indicates that the risk of side effects is low and that overdose is impossible.
Let us compare this with acetaminophen, which is also considered safe under normal use. You can take a maximum of 6 to 8 tablets per day. These are based on 6 tablets per day, about 180 aspirins per month. However, if you take 50 tablets at once, aspirins are fatal.
Can you get addicted to CBD oil?
The World Health Organization (WHO) also recently concluded that CBD oil is unlikely to be misused. Logical, because you don’t get high from CBD and abuse will hardly have any positive or negative effects.
In fact, it has been found that drug abusers find it easier to get rid of destructive agents such as cocaine and opioids when they take CBD. A study showed that CBD hampered the “addict-like” attributes of the individual which then helped the body recover from anxiety and dependency.
In the United States, it is even more common for people to replace prescribed heavy and addictive drugs against serious issues such as anxiety, sleep problems, ADHD, and pain for CBD oil because this is a much safer alternative.
The side effects of CBD
It is also not surprising that the body reacts noticeably to CBD if you know that this substance influences in a very versatile way. Because even though CBD does not have a “high” effect, it interacts with the receptors of the body’s own endocannabinoid system that regulates numerous processes.
And that’s not the only thing. The special thing about CBD is that this substance travels multiple molecular routes in the body. And all those routes have an effect on our bodies. To date, more than 65 of those routes have been identified, which explains why CBD has so many beneficial qualities.
It makes sense that our body may have to get used to CBD. It takes a few days before a CBD level is built up in the blood (7-10 days). The body must acclimatize for a bit during this period.
No person is the same, so everybody reacts differently to this. However, possible side effects are limited.
A 2018 scientific study looked at the safety and side effects of CBD and noted that these were the most commonly reported side effects of CBD oil:
- Fatigue
- Diarrhea
- Changes in appetite and weight
In the book ‘Healing with CBD: How Cannabidiol Can Transform your Health Without The High’, American authors Eileen Konieczny and Lauren Wilson write that based on anecdotal evidence, these can be the side effects of CBD:
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Irritable
- Hyperactivity
- Decreased appetite
- Thin stools
- Insomnia
- Nervousness
- Increased heart rate
They explain that these side effects are rare and often not caused by CBD, but by poor quality oil. Because of the increasing popularity of CBD, more and more providers are coming to the market who want to get their share.
And not all of them take it very closely with quality. It is therefore important to be thorough when investigating which CBD products are good.
