CBD Isolate vs CBD Oil for anxiety
Short answer: For anxiety, more users report improvement with CBD Isolate — 100% of 7 reports, versus 80% of 60 for CBD Oil.
CBD Isolate has 0 meta-analyses and 4 randomized trials on PubMed; CBD Oil has 9 and 14.
Based on 15 reports about CBD Isolate and 167 about CBD Oil. Not medical advice.
| CBD Isolate Supplement | CBD Oil Supplement | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 80%helped10 reports · few reports | 57%helped89 reports · medium confidence |
| Verdict | Mostly positive | Mixed |
| Research | CResearch: Limited | AResearch: Strong |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 0 / 4 | 9 / 14 |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Anxiety % reporting improvement | 100% (7) | 80% (60) |
| Sleep % reporting improvement | — | 92% (25) |
| Pain & inflammation % reporting improvement | — | 80% (10) |
| Mood % reporting improvement | — | 75% (8) |
| Common side effects | drowsiness, increased sweating, body odour, difficulty falling | drowsiness, brain fog, fatigue, depersonalization |
| Typical dose reported | 100 mg / daily | 75 mg / nightly |
“CBD isolate works. I take about 100 MG daily for anxiety. Works better than my prescription does.”
There is moderate-certainty evidence that oromucosal nabiximols and THC are ineffective in relieving moderate-to-severe opioid-refractory cancer pain. There is low-certainty evidence that nabilone is ineffective in reducing pain associated with (radio-) chemotherapy in people with head and neck cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. There is low-certainty evidence that a single dose of synthetic THC analogues is not superior to a single low-dose morphine equivalent in reducing moderate-to-severe cancer pain. There is low-certainty evidence that CBD does not add value to specialist palliative c
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2023 ↗“CBD oil (this is very personal, but for me, it seems to work to get into deeper sleep)”
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