What You Need to Know About CBD Side Effects
Expert answers to your top questions about how to safely use CBD for maximum health benefits.
CBD PRODUCTS—MADE FROM a chemical found in the cannabis plant called cannabidiol—are all the rage right now. You can buy them online, in drugstores, and even at local gas stations, not to mention at medical marijuana dispensaries. While companies make some broad claims about what CBD can do, the truth is that there just isn’t a lot of definitive scientific evidence on this yet. Here’s the current body of knowledge on CBD’s side effects and how effective it is in treating things like chronic pain, anxiety, and sleep problems.
How Your Body Reacts to CBD
First of all, the only CBD that’s approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is Epidiolex, a seizure medication for kids with rare seizure disorders. Because of this, most of what we know about CBD side effects comes from the clinical trials for Epidiolex. In those trials, the most common side effects were drowsiness, decreased appetite, diarrhea, fatigue, elevated liver enzymes, rash, insomnia, and infections.