Can CBD help with Nausea?

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

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Good question! Can CBD help with nausea? Let's take a look

CBD and CBDA interact with serotonin receptors to ease nausea and vomiting – that's a fact.

Lisa was a doctor who spent a lot of her time treating people who had problems with drugs, but she hadn't used CBD in a while. No one was surprised that she didn't want to use cannabis while she was going through chemo for breast cancer. Nausea and the anxiety that always came before it was crippling.

CBD was finally shown to her.

Lisa called three days after her last chemotherapy treatment. She cried into the phone, but it was because she was happy. She said, “It worked faster, better, and more completely than any of the prescriptions my oncologist gave me.”

If just reading about nausea and vomiting makes you feel sick, you might want to skip the details that might make you feel sick and go straight to the end of this article. Like that, sickness is easy to feel if you want to.

Nausea and vomiting are both problems, but they are not the same. They are related, but they have different causes and are treated in different ways. People who have been sick know that nausea is worse than throwing up because it lasts longer and is harder to control.

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What is nausea?

Vomiting and feeling sick are ways that the body protects itself. Even though they are bad, short-term episodes can be helpful. But what if the sickness doesn't go away quickly? What if it's a side effect that you can't avoid, or if it's long-term and there's no relief in sight?

If there isn't a clear reason why a person feels sick, they should work with their doctor to figure out what's wrong. This is especially true if the sickness doesn't go away in a day or two, because that could be a sign of something more serious.

Possible causes of Nausea:

• Migraine
• Head injury
• Seizures
• Ear disorders, including infections
• Motion sickness
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Appendicitis
• Hepatitis
• Pancreatitis
• Bacterial or viral infections
• Medications–chemotherapy,
• Toxins–arsenic, pesticides, ricin9
• Pregnancy
• Heart attack
• Pain
• Psychiatric or emotional disorders

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How does nausea work?

What's going on in the body when we feel sick? This is a job for the brain, the digestive system, and the nervous system. We know more about how vomiting works than we do about how nausea works, so we have better treatments for it.

Serotonin, a neurotransmitter, seems to help control some symptoms by binding to receptors in parts of the brain and GI tract. Zofran is a well-known medicine that stops nausea and vomiting. It works by stopping serotonin from making you feel sick.

Cannabinoids to manage Nausea

CBD, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, interacts with serotonin-releasing receptors and has been shown to help with nausea and vomiting when given in small doses. CBD can also help reduce anxiety, which can help people with chronic nausea deal with the stress that comes with it. THC also helps many people feel less sick. THC stops vomiting when it binds to the CB1 receptors in certain parts of the brain. In this case, THC's side effects, which can make you feel good, can also be helpful if they aren't too strong. Getting into a more positive frame of mind can help people who are going through chemotherapy or who have chronic nausea that is hard to treat.

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Nausea related to Chemotherapy

State of mind during chemotherapy can include the “nocebo effect” –  negative expectations of treatment – that leads to anticipatory nausea. Just the thought of inevitable side effects can be overwhelming. This is especially true if the first round of chemo is not treated effectively. Prescription antiemetics are not helpful for anticipatory nausea, but cannabis shows promise. Prof. Linda Parker, a behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, has found that several phytocannabinoids including THC, CBD, and CBDA alleviate anticipatory nausea in conditioned lab animals. Clinical trials on humans are needed.

Where to start?

Patients who feel sick because of chemotherapy, radiation, or other known causes can get relief from cannabis. THC, CBD, and CBDA have all shown promise in research labs and in the homes of patients who have used them before. Isolated cannabinoids aren't as effective as whole-plant medicine, but if this is your goal, which cannabinoid profile should you start with?

That depends a bit on how you've used the medicine before. If you have never tried this before, you might want to start with a medicine like Lisa's that is high in CBD but also has some THC.

The use of cannabis for nausea, and for vomiting due to chemotherapy or radiation, is accepted by many physicians who do not otherwise recommend cannabis. It works, is well tolerated, and even though we don't fully understand how it works, we know it does. Patients should know where their medicine is grown and made, and they should only use cannabis that has been tested in a lab and found to be free of harmful substances. With good medicine, it may only take one dose to stop feeling sick, just like it did for Lisa.

Using CBD Oils with THC for Nausea

Most of the world still has laws against THC, but things are changing.

Until laws change about how THC can be used, it's unlikely that you'll be able to find products with more than 0.3% of this ingredient.

THC doesn't have to make you high for it to help with nausea. The raw, unheated version of THCA (THC-acid) is not psychoactive and has been shown to help with nausea in the same way that activated THC does.

As THC laws change, it's likely that new companies will start selling non-psychoactive THC and THCA-rich cannabis products to treat nausea and vomiting.

We'll have to use the high-CBD hemp extracts until then. To get the most out of these products, it's best to look for a full-spectrum extract that has all of the cannabinoids, like CBG, CBC, CBN, and even THC (which must be less than 0.2% in most places to be legal).

It is recommended that you mix your CBD or hemp extracts with a strong ginger tea to make the anti-nausea effects even stronger. Ginger is one of the best herbs for fighting nausea, and it works in a different way than cannabis. The effects of the two herbs add up when they are used together. This is called synergy.

When you do this, you get very impressive results.

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What's The Dosage of CBD for Nausea?

Figuring out the effective dose of CBD oil for nausea can be difficult — this is because the effects of CBD can vary significantly from one person to the next.

There are some general guidelines you can follow to estimate what the most likely dose you'll need might be.

When it comes to nausea, some people find relief at the low-strength, while others need the high-strength doses to provide any benefit. The only way to find out how this works for you is to try it out. Start with the low dose, and build up gradually to the higher doses until you find relief from symptoms.

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What Are The Side-Effects of CBD?

CBD has been shown to be safe many times, but it's still important to know what side effects it might cause. Everyone is different, and what works for one person may not work the same way for another.

Here are some of the most common side effects of CBD:

• Appetite Suppression
• Diarrhea
• Drowsiness
• Dry mouth
• Light-headedness
• Lower heart rate
• Sedation

CBD side effects

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How to shop for CBD for Nausea

There are so many CBD products on the market that shopping for them is enough to give anyone a headache. Keep these things in mind as you sort out the good from the bad:

• Potency. If your nausea is really bad, small amounts of CBD might not be enough to help. Look for products that have more than a few milligrams of CBD per serving.

• CBD source. If you want to stay away from THC, CBD isolate is a great choice. But removing terpenes and other cannabinoids from a CBD product may make it less effective against nausea. Isolates are not as good as full-spectrum products. If you want to avoid THC, choose broad-spectrum CBD, which has most of the cannabinoids found in cannabis but no THC.

• Testing by a third party. Look for products with a COA so you can be sure that the CBD is free of heavy metals, pesticides, and molds and is as strong as the company says it is.

• Ingredients. If you can, choose CBD products made with organic hemp grown in the EU. If you're buying CBD to help with nausea, you might like a product with peppermint or ginger added to it to make it taste better and make you feel better.

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Key Takeaways: Can CBD help with Nausea?

Cannabis is a great herb for fighting nausea, just like ginger and chamomile. It has even been shown to help with nausea as well as prescription drugs, but with fewer side effects.

Even though THC is the most helpful for nausea, CBD is still very helpful for nausea because it can increase the amount of anandamide in the brain. When the levels of anandamide go up, they turn on CB1 endocannabinoid receptors in the medulla oblongata of the brain. This is where the reflexes for feeling sick and throwing up are controlled.

Getting the right amount of CBD can be hard because everyone reacts to it differently. We suggest getting a high-quality CBD oil with medium to high potency and adjusting the dose based on how you feel. This means that you start with a low dose and increase it over time until your symptoms get better.a

Thank you for reading “Can CBD help with Nausea” – if you have any questions or would like to speak to one of our consultants feel free to contact us at [email protected]

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