CBD for Joint Pain: Effectiveness, Safety, and More

Linda Rider

With the emergence of medical and recreational cannabis, an increasing number of people have started using cannabinol, or CBD, for arthritis and pain in the joints. CBD is a nonpsychoactive compound derived from the cannabis plant; while it can cause drowsiness, it doesn’t cause a “high” like its cousin, THC […]

Acupuncture Therapy for Postoperative Pain

Linda Rider

Introduction Postoperative pain foremost refers to the acute pain that occurs immediately after surgery and consists mainly of pain from somatic and visceral trauma caused by surgical operations and pain from inflammatory irritation around nerve endings,1 which attributes to injurious pain.2 If it continues to be poorly controlled, pathological remodeling […]

Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation of Cannabidiol on Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review

Linda Rider

According to Forbes, in October 2020, cannabidiol (CBD) sales in the United States reached $4.2 billion after the federal government legalized hemp-derived CBD in 2018 [1]. In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 re-classified CBD and <0.2{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as not under international control and recognized its […]