{"componentChunkName":"component---common-build-question-tags-template-js","path":"/question-tag/dosage/8","result":{"data":{"allQuestion":{"edges":[{"node":{"id":"Question_9605-markdown","title":"How many mg of CBD do you recommend for anxiety?","slug":"how-many-mg-of-cbd-do-you-recommend-for-anxiety","content":"\"Can you provide a recommendation on dosage?\"\n_____________________\nThis is highly variable and dosing is a frequent question people have in regards to cannabis. The good news is that you can play with CBD without the fear of getting stoned, as long as the ratio of CBD to THC is high, for instance a 20:1 tincture. CBD has proven effective for anxiety in research. See these articles below:\n\nhttps://www.hellomd.com/health-wellness/top-10-high-cbd-marijuana-strains-for-anxiety\n\nhttps://www.hellomd.com/health-wellness/how-medical-marijuana-tinctures-helped-melt-away-my-anxiety-and-stress\n\nFor some CBD can be very relaxing and to others it can actually stimulate you, so a word of caution before using it at night. I take 1omg of CBD 3x a day for pain and it works well, I have also found that it takes time to build up in the system and to feel the full effect.\n\nI would start with low doses suggested on the packages and also try a series of different ratios. Keep in mind that anything below a 4:1 may have some psychoactive effect on you.\n\nI am not a doctor and this represents my opinion only. I hope this helps!\n\npamelahadfield","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_9565-markdown","title":"Do you have dosage recommendations for migraines? ","slug":"do-you-have-dosage-recommendations-for-migraines","content":"\n_____________________\nEverybody is different so it is hard to tell- Migraines are very intense with respect to discomfort and pain so you may need to use a large dose/ high potency product. Personally, continued use seems to be working the best for me. A daily regime of indica flowers or concentrates- I medicate daily after work. A gram of flower a day can keep the Migraines at bay, but even occasionally I still might need to resort to Ibuprofen.\n\nBartSmart","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7537-markdown","title":"What type of cannabis for chronic back pain?","slug":"what-type-of-cannabis-for-chronic-back-pain","content":"\"What products, dosages and ratios of THC:CBD do you find help you all through the day, all day (while not making you lazy) & sleep at night? What dosage works for you (I know everyone's tolerance is different)? I have a very high tolerance to pharmaceutical pain killers but am just starting to try cannabis. I have degenerative disc disease, facet arthropathy & mild stenosis in my low back (main issues), insomnia and anxiety among some psychiatric diagnoses. I am in some pain all day everyday which restricts my mobility and ability to participate in certain things and sometimes throw my back out good and am disabled/bed bound for a couple weeks. \"\n_____________________\nHello! I have found that consuming cannabis through inhalation is an effective way to dull your back pain, though to truly combat it, you will want to try cannabis topicals.\n\nCannabis is very effective at reducing pain and inflammation systemically, though I find that this effect is not as strong as the local application cannabinoids to your affected areas. For some topicals, the results are felt within minutes and last hours. I often forget that I have applied a topical to my back, begin to feel good for a few hours, and then wrack my brain trying to figure out what on earth I did yesterday to make my back feel so great! Also, topicals will not cause you to feel intoxicated or \"high.\"\n\nI have also heard that the rectal administration of products designed for this kind of administration work very effectively for back pain.\n\nryan\n_____________________\nLook for whole-plant CBD with very small amounts of THC to take advantage of the known inflammation reduction of cannabinoids without the effects of THC. You can read more on our blog about whole-plant. We also have a doctor available to work with our customers to find the right serving size. \n\nelixinol","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7533-markdown","title":"Not feeling effects of high CBD oil. What to try next?","slug":"not-feeling-effects-of-high-cbd-oil-what-to-try-next","content":"\"I started using Care By Design's 18:1 sublingual spray about 10 days ago, to ease my recurrent feelings of anxiety and stress. I'm taking the recommended dosage (1/2 sprays in the morning and afternoon), but I've also tried higher dosages in the last few days. So far I can't detect any noticeable change.\nIs it true that it might start kicking in after 2-3 weeks?\nIf I still don't feel it after another 10 days, what could I experiment with next? Should I look for a slightly higher THC content (e.g. Alta California Anxiety Relief or Care By Design's 8:1 spray), or something even higher (say 2:1)?\nI'm a bit confused because most sources say I should stay with high CBD for anxiety, but others point to the importance of the entourage effect. Herba Buena's Rock & Roll tincture is supposed to help with anxiety, but they only advertise the THC content.\nAlso not sure if I should stick with one product for a while, or I can try different ones on different days and compare short-term effects.\"\n_____________________\nHonestly, especially with anxiety cannabis is best used for it's entourage effect. Another important thing to remember with natural medicines and herbal medicine is that these are not purified compounds and therefore are likely to have more side effects.  In cannabis however, many of these side effects have medicinal value.  But it isn't always the value your looking for.  Because of this many have tried to go the CBD route.  It works but really not all that well.  It is much better to take a fuller blend at a much lower dose.  I have developed a product that uses the synergy of two plants. Ashwagandha is an Ayurvedic root that acts as an adaptogen. This makes it especially useful to cannabis as the activated cannabinoids help signal the brain where to focus the bodies healing abilities towards internal imbalances.  The abhwagandha the either helps decrease or helps increase the activity activated by the cannabis but it inhibits other effect that would generally be stimulated by the cannabis.  It is really a superb medicine.  Unfortunately, cannabis medicine is pretty complex, however, the good thing is that is has so many uses that normally doesn't even matter, since it will generally work.  I've just been working on getting it to work even better.\n\ne420bar\n_____________________\nHave you tried smoking or vaporizing cannabis to help with anxiety?\n\nI have heard about success stories with vaping and smoking to reduce anxiety but with strains high in CBD and low in THC. \n\nAC/DC is such a strain. Bloom Farms has an AC/DC cartridge that can be purchased at www.getsava.com\n\nYou can also purchase AC/DC flower and roll your own joints as well. \n\nBartSmart\n_____________________\nThe other answers don't seem to have ticked the box for what you need here. Bottom line you need to consume regular cannabis not CBD. CBD has NO effects on your mental state at all. Its just an anti inflammatory basically. A strain that is high in CBD however will work with the THC to give you a much more relaxed feeling overall.. That said.. if you're not in a legal state or not in a job where you can safely then you need to start considering some deeper issues you need to tackle friendo.  I wish you god speed in dealing with this issue as it's one I also have. I literally have been trying this CBD oil taken orally for 2 days now with literally zero relief so I don't stand behind it. Try actual cannabis. It will help. I promise.\n\nUnseenbow","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7492-markdown","title":"Depression & The Elderly.....","slug":"depression-the-elderly","content":"\"Newbie to marijuana and elderly....suffer from major depresssion with ptsd/anxiety and unable to find someone who can direct me to help me find a dosage and brand to get some relief. Help??\"\n_____________________\nCannabis use in the elderly population is something that is taking more prominence as cannanbis is being accepted in more and more states. If you are in California, one of our partners, Octavia Wellness, specializes in serving this population. They are able to help guide you through the HelloMD registration and evaluation process if necessary as well as suggest specific products that may be able to help the older population.\nYou can connect with them here: https://www.octaviawellness.com/\n\nPerry Solomon, MD","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7364-markdown","title":"Exeffor xr and cannibis ","slug":"exeffor-xr-and-cannibis","content":"\"My wife is on 225 mg dose of exeffor and is using two strains of  cannibis one is a daytime which has less than 1% thc and 13.8 % CBD , the night time one is 7.5% thc and 14% cdn - she has s severely deformed neck and is going through laser and chiropractor adjustments - she is in severe pain with her neck and is getting headaches at the back of  her head . We are concerned about any interaction issues with the cannibis and is there other strains for nighttime use that might be better for the headaches and neck pain. She suffers from anxiety due to the neck issues - opiates have nearly killed her so we're not going back there  - my main concern right now is there any issues with the interaction from the cannibis and the exeffor FYI - her current usage on the daytime cannibis is about a gram and a half and 1/2 a gram at night \nThanks\nMike\"\n_____________________\nYes, there are concerns for interaction between these two medicines. \nIncreased muscle spasm is one of the side effects that should be reported but I don't know if her pain and muscle spasm has increased since she started using the medication.\nHeadache is also listed as a side effect and she should talk with her doctor about this particular symptom.\nIncreased anxiety is another side effect that should be reported to the doctor.\nLow dose THC actually increases serotonin so she actually might do well with a little more THC in the evening, possibly a 1:1.\nIt could be quite likely that the Effexor dose needs to be reduced, she is at the max dose, but that should be left up to her treating physician.\nAs an osteopathic physician I can tell you the changes in the spine do not occur suddenly unless there's a very traumatic injury. Was this a traumatic injury that caused her neck deformity? If not, I would caution against trying to straighten the spine, you want a functional spine and is the straightening is occurring to rapidly it is very likely can increase her anxiety as a warning system.\nIt does sound like it's time to go back and visit her managing physician to possibly have her medication level reduced.\n\ndrolson","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7264-markdown","title":"i had a period after taking 1 dose of suppository can i continue it during my period too??","slug":"i-had-a-period-after-taking-1-dose-of-suppository-can-i-continue-it-during-my-period-too","content":"\n_____________________\nI assume you are talking about the Foria suppository for menstrual cramps, called Relief, as that is the only one I am aware of. If not, disregard the rest of this post. You can absolutely continue however you can also use it as a rectal suppository. Suppositories taken rectally absorb more quickly and have a slightly higher uptake. \n\nI am not a doctor and this represents my personal opinion, research and experience. I hope this helps!\n\npamelahadfield","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7250-markdown","title":"Dosage for 73-yr-old male seeking CBD for alleviating osteoarthritis pain","slug":"dosage-for-73-yr-old-male-seeking-cbd-for-alleviating-osteoarthritis-pain","content":"\n_____________________\nBeing in pain as we age certainly is not great because it limits us from moving as much as we need to move to prevent other health problems like hypertension and plaque formation. If you are able to vaporize your medication that is the fastest way to know the benefits you will obtain from CBD in stopping your pain problems. AC/DC with THCA in a vaporizing pen works very fast.\r\nSome people are against vaporizing because they it equate it with smoking, but it is not smoking. It is true that you do not want to take a large amount on an inhalation because too much can be a little irritating to the throat and nose as well as making you tired so take the smallest most effective dose, to start.\r\nI also believe the topical salve is excellent for blocking pain for 4 to 6 hours at a time, it is not psychoactive so it may be applied liberally. \r\nAnother huge issue is to address vitamin D deficiency with your doctor.\n\ndrolson","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7237-markdown","title":"What is the maintenance dose for:","slug":"what-is-the-maintenance-dose-for","content":"\"I had stage 1 estrogen receptive breast cancer. Clear for now, but Tamoxifen has terrible side effects and on blood thinner, Xarelto. So would 15 mg of CBD oil be right dosage?\"\n_____________________\nCBD can interact with blood thinners due to inhibition of the P450 liver enzymes that break them down. Be careful with dosage of CBD to avoid excessive bleeding.\n\ndrmicheleross","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7235-markdown","title":"Dosing with ACDC (high CBD, 20:1) and a vape pen???","slug":"dosing-with-acdc-high-cbd-20-1-and-a-vape-pen","content":"\"I just got a vape pen and ACDC cartridge (20:1 CBD:THC), which I am using for joint pain and inflammation.  I can't find any guidelines in terms of dosing...What do you suggest?  I read on this site that someone used it two to three times per day but it doesn't say how many hits the person took on the vape pen, although I am assuming one or two. Please advise.\"\n_____________________\nThe reason you do not read about dosage is that dosage is incredibly individual with cannabis. The term 'low and slow' is used a lot and that means take some and wait and see how you feel and then possibly take more. The problem is is that my tolerance may or may not be anything like yours. \n\nWith ACDC there is no THC and if there is it is neglible. You won't get high, you may however get very very relaxed. I have a very low tolerance for cannabis and with my ACDC vape pen I have gone at it until I felt pain relief. Again, this is subjective as what gives me pain relief may not give you pain relief.\n\nACDC is a high CBD strain. My experience with CBD is that it takes awhile to build up in the system. I might suggest that you try a high CBD tincture and use that on a daily basis and try a vape pen that is CBD but with a small ratio of THC for ongoing pain. You can read this article to see what my experience has been.\n\nhttps://www.hellomd.com/health-wellness/micro-dosing-cannabis-stopped-my-chronic-pain\n\nI am not a doctor. This post represents my opinion and experience only. I hope this helps!\n\npamelahadfield","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7211-markdown","title":"Hi - I have dosing questions re. Care By Design 18:1 sublingual spray ","slug":"hi-i-have-dosing-questions-re-care-by-design-18-1-sublingual-spray","content":"\"I recently started using Care by Design 18:1 sublingual spray for bad headache and neck/upper back pain due to pinched nerves in my neck. Can you please advise as to how many sprays I can take and how often? I took 2 sprays this morning at 7 and 2 around 11am -- but the headache has persisted. I'd like to find the ideal dosage. Thanks for your help. \"\n_____________________\nCannabis is a very safe herb with no potential for overdose or toxic side effects. Use as much as you need to achieve relief. Sublingual tinctures and sprays are most effective when the liquid is absorbed in the mouth by the mucous membranes, which will then deliver the medicinal compounds directly to the bloodstream. Before you use the spray, remove excess saliva from your oral cavity. Effects are usually apparent within about 30 minutes with the peak affects at about an hour and often lasting several hours.\n\nandrewvanmd","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_7191-markdown","title":"What dosage of Trokie lozenge should I take to help with my insomnia?","slug":"what-dosage-of-trokie-lozenge-should-i-take-to-help-with-my-insomnia","content":"\"I have not tried lozenges before, only smoked flower to help me fall asleep at night.  How much should I take for my first time?\"\n_____________________\nMost people sleep better with taking 15-30mg THC using either the 60mg or the 120mg lozenge. In addition, Trokie will soon be producing a CBD lozenge with melatonin, that will be helpful for sleep.\n\ndorea","image":null}}]}},"pageContext":{"limit":12,"skip":84,"numPages":15,"currentPage":8,"id":5206,"name":"Dosage","slug":"dosage","country":"US"}},"staticQueryHashes":["3949754563","4179947113","4202924991"]}