@bmorechick wrote:
@Mindy D wrote:
@bmorechick wrote:
I do. I have tennis elbow which about 8 weeks ago was acting up and so painful it hurt to hold a coffee cup in the morning. I went to our local pharmacy that carries cbd products and got a balm. I have used it for past 8 weeks, three times a day and it is about 90% better. For me, it really works. Hubs got the “real deal” cream but had to get a script from doc for it. He has arthritis in his hands and knees. Hes Been using it for about a month and he has very little pain or stiffness now. Its not a cure, but wow it definitely provides relief but you have to be consistent with use. Everyone is different but both of us respond to the product.
Which product are you using? Most of the balms and lotions that help have arnica in them.
The pharmacist gave me the Charlottes Web brand. I really wanted to try the cream my hubs has because it has thc in it but I take Eliquis and the pharmacist said no not a good idea. The dispensary gave my husband good ole weed in a container and he just smokes it out of a pipe. In addition to the cream, he’s getting relief. Its very low in thc and he does not get high.
Charlottes Web was the first strain to get major television exposure. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurologist that reports for CNN, visited the Stanley Bothers that invented and grow this high CBD strain some years back. The strain was being made into a tincture to be used with babies that had intractable seizures. Some of the children were having 300 seizures a month. The illness the little ones had is called Dravet Syndrome. The administration of CBD to the children caused a dramatic drop in the seizures, from hundreds, to just a couple or zero. The parents were fighting to be able to get their hands on Charlottes Web. Those that lived in non legal states were desperate. The growers couldn’t grow enough at that time to meet demand. Dr. Gupta was so astonished by the amazing results in the children that he changed his stance on medical marijuana. Way back then I tried to get hold of the Stanley Brothers to see if my husband could try their high CBD strain in Colorado. He would have had to change his residence to Colorado back then. The Stanley’s did not have enough Charlottes Web at the time I made contact. Also, my husband could not afford to take up a second residence in Colorado. Years later, my husband visited Colorado and was able to try this strain. It worked the same as his Florida CBD strain. CBD strains are actually just good ol’ hemp; marijuana with almost no THC but high in CBDs. Chances are the Charlottes Web is still grown under the same highly controlled conditions. The astsnleys have quite a growing set up. Since the name is known, it sells, and pharmacists associate the name with the medical revolution it brought about.
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