CBD Oil for arthritis

[zzvyb6]

I've used it regularly during hay season for extreme knee and shoulder pain (Hockey injuries). Oddly enough, these two sites had surgery to fix them, but made it worse. I found that the 5000 mg CBD bottle content worked just fine (from Florida). Since then G.F. offered be a few of her Celebrex pills. 1 pill a day makes me completely pain free. I also get legal THC now from a shop in Ann Arbor. This also works well but I will not drive or operate machinery, so I take it at night. Sleep like a baby. No hangover, headache, or pain. Both THC and Celebrex last for about 18 hrs and act immediately.

The problem I have with all this is that I feel so good, I forget to stay on the schedule. My bone on bone is still there (everybody can here the clunking noises), but I am pain free.

Yes, My old Lab reacted REALLY well to the CBD oil. 3 drops on a dog biscuit. Ran, climbed stairs, went running with the other dogs. When I would test the theory by not giving it to her, she'd stay downstairs and refuse to come up for dinner.

In case you were wondering THC for dogs is a big no-no. They don't metabolize it like we do. Plus, I have a FLIR camera and could see the white 'hot zones' in her back and hips. Not so with the 5000mg CBD oil.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

The wifey swears by it! When she had a CT scan of her back, the Dr was surprised that she was still walking..... she started with the CBD liquid, but soon switched to the capsules. No THC. She takes 2500mg in the morning and again at night. It has been 6 years and she still walks fine and takes care of the household chores. She has to stop and relax frequently, but is still up and moving.

She had forgotten to order it one time and ran out for about 5 days..... she couldn't stand the pain and was barely able to walk.... the stuff works!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oh, forgot to mention.... our 14 y/o schnauzer still runs and bounces like a rabbit! She gets a dose in her morning food.

 

[Dougeye]

I would kind of prefer a way to make the condition stop hurting rather than taking pain relief 24/7. Is that unreasonable?

It's not unreasonable to prefer that, it just might not be possible... there is no cure for osteoarthritis, just treatments to make living with it more tolerable.

 

[fishheadbob]

Many of my friends swear by cbd oil to lessen minor arthritis pain, it doesn't seem to do much for me though. My wife suggested Arnica cream , it works like a charm for me, but some of my pals don't do as well as I with it. So if cbd oil doesn't do the trick for you consider Arnica. Easy to find at Walgreens, CVS, and so forth, and is only a fraction of the cost of cbd.
FWIW when I worked at Social Security we had more people on disability rolls with severe arthritis than any other ailment. People with cancers, heart disease, AIDS, and other horrible impairments weren't usually with us too long before they died; people with bad arthritis hung around for a long time getting stiffer and stiffer before they passed from something else like old age. They died with arthritis, not from it.

 

[JamesHW]

My wife was having bad lower back pain a few weeks ago, not normal for her, so as we had a jar of cbd cream, good quality stuff from Vermont we got in a grocery store that a friend recommended. It is the kind you can imbibe (sublingual) or just rub on. I rubbed some on twice a day for a few days and each time it provided relief that got better for an hour after I rubbed it on and after 4 days she was having no more pain. It could have just been a coincidence, but she felt it helped a lot.

 

[dmccarty]

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There are numerous plants in nature which when one does a little research they will be amazed at what God has naturally provided for medicine. See #8 in this article about curcumin, for arthritis relief. 1 Proven Health Benefits of Turmeric and Curcumin

Glad you mentioned Turmeric and Curcumin. It works.

A few years ago we flew into Dublin where we had to stand and shuffle through the human cattle queue to get through Immigration. I had a back pack on my back, was carrying my wife's small back pack and I had another small back pack to carry as well. The line would move forward, I would pick up the two small back packs, shuffle forward, and put the back packs back down on the floor. This went out for close to an hour with this motion going on and on. I think the combination of bending over and lifting, which was not bad in itself, but the pack on my back kept my should in a certain position which, with the lifting and lowering, was NOT good. I had pain all during the trip. Not bad but not good either. Given I was hiking with a back pack with 35 or so pounds either through thick beach sand or up a mountain during the trip, I was not helping the injury.

We got back home and the pain was getting better but no going away. After six months or so I went to the doctor and the did an X-ray. Nothing structurally wrong with the shoulder, "just" inflammation. Doc said I could tack 800mg of Ibuprofen each day for a month or two, or take steroid shot in the arm. Figure taking 800mg a day was NOT a good thing, and that I could do it if I needed too, I took the shot...

The steroid worked for about a month, and the shoulder pain was better, but not better. I did NOT want to take 800mg of Ibuprofen for any length of time so decided to take a supplement with Turmeric and Curcumin. Danged stuff worked! Very quickly, the pain was lessoned and in a few months, the pain was gone.

I now take one a day to just ease any inflammation I have, I try to walk/job 20,000 steps a day, and if I have any soreness, the supplement knocks it out. When I have had soft tissue pain for one reason or another, I will take up to 3 of the supplements a day, the max according to the instructions, and the pain goes away pretty quickly. I have run out of the supplement a time or two, and I can feel the difference when I do not use it daily.

Later,
Dan

 

[Dougeye]

It's been nearly a month since I started taking the CBD oil (see my OP) and I'm now a believer. I started with a low dose, gradually increased it, and then backed off some, trying each dose for several days. Now, rather than taking 100mg of celecoxib twice a day, I'm down to 100mg in the evening. I've cut the acetaminophen from 3 grams a day to 1/2 gram, also in the evening. I want to make sure I have a good sleep and not be woken by pain. I take 14.5mg of the CBD in the morning, and that's it until the evening. And I feel great, honestly better than I have felt in a long time. That's my story about this stuff, I will keep on with it, and eventually try to completely eliminate the celecoxib completely. YMMV.

 

[Looking4new]

CBD oil works for my arthritus. I rub it on the affected joints, mostly in my hands, but my knee gets some too. I take it as needed. 2500 mg.

 

[blee03]

Glad to hear it’s working for you Dougeye!

One of my Co-workers started taking the CBD drops and completely 100% was able to stop taking this medicine for diabetes. His doctor was confused and asked how he did it. When he explained CBD oil the doctor was dumbfounded.

CBD oil is great, but the entire plant is better. (I’d recommend edibles) There are a lot more benefits to the plant other than just CBD, you can find tons of info online about this.

Anyone who dislikes the effects of the entire plant should take very small doses right before bed to start out with. Then up the dosage as they build up a tolerance.