Thank you, SweetSue, for responding to me. I'm so sorry Motoco passed away. That is so sad. I am also sorry for your husband passing away. Cancer sucks on every level. In regard to your question and recommendation, I haven't used anything other than one oil spray for my tongue, and it burned horribly and caused me more pain. I want to try something and am willing to give things a try for sure. My main concern is to avoid something with THC in it due to my spouse being in the military. If I pass the THC on by kissing and a random drug test picks up any level of it... their goes our retirement. CBD will not ever raise a flag in the drug testing, plus I don't want to be high at all. The one dispensary I tried is totally ignorant...as they sold me the alcohol-based spray. So any advice you have, I'm willing to take into consideration and try. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. BMS is super painful and I'd love to find some answer vs pharmaceuticals of western medicine. I'd love to think cannibus can somehow heal what has gone wrong in my nerves... thinking positive.
Best, Mona
Hi Mona,
I'm not a medical person and have done less study the SweetSue, but I wanted to give you a heads up on two points.
CBD by itself seems to be only effective for a small amount of medical complaints, where THC only and THC w/CBD or THC w/THCa have a broad range of medical applications. If you have one of those medical complaints (many epileptic spectrum illnesses) then CBD will work like a miracle. For BMS it may not work at all. You may have to try it to find out.
The second heads up is that there is A LOT of bad CBD oil out there.
CBD oil with 0% CBD.
CBD oil labelled 5% with 20% CBD, and
CBD oil labelled 20% with 5% CBD.
The Food and Drug Administration in DC has sent out cease and desist letters to specific manufacturers after testing for at least 2 of the last 3 years.
CBD oil may also not meet the usual standards for cleanliness and chemical contamination.
As well as fake CBD oil, MOST CBD oil is made from hemp. Hemp that was originally grown in places like Romania for making rope, so there are some lax pesticide standards for a non-food product and some harsh chemical extractions that may be used somewhat recklessly.
Oils labelled THC and THC+CBD EXTRACTED FROM CANNABIS seem to be much better at having well regulated amounts of CBD and will probably be much healthier and easier on your body.
Given this is your mouth, you probably want to buy the 'top shelf' CBD products made from cannabis.
If there are dispensaries in your state/country or a neighboring state country that sell a brand of CBD oil made by the same people who sell THC+CBD oil, that would be the best place to buy your CBD oil. Even if your state law allows CBD, it is corrently unlawful to ship CBD oil in the US Mail - although this will be more a problem for the shipper than the one recieving the CBD oil.
If you contact your Medical Marijuana friendly friends, you may be able to find someone who can help you locate the good quality CBD oil. It's out there. I saw a new local company representative with products I would trust on Wednesday.
Sorry if I sound like a Debbie Downer, but I want you to understand the risks with CBD oil. Risks caused mostly by the US making cannabis illegal several decades ago.
CBD itself is beneficial to the human body. It may or may not help with your BMS, but in my opinion, it is an intelligent next choice for you.