CBD vs CBN for sleep
Short answer: For sleep, more users report improvement with CBN — 84% of 19 reports, versus 72% of 76 for CBD.
CBD has 286 meta-analyses and 344 randomized trials on PubMed; CBN has 23 and 8.
Based on 482 reports about CBD and 42 about CBN. Not medical advice.
| CBD Supplement | CBN Substance | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 59%helped236 reports · high confidence | 68%helped16 reports · few reports |
| Verdict | Mixed | Mostly positive |
| Research | AResearch: Strong | BResearch: Moderate |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 286 / 344 | 23 / 8 |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Anxiety % reporting improvement | 88% (185) | 100% (5) |
| Sleep % reporting improvement | 72% (76) | 84% (19) |
| Pain & inflammation % reporting improvement | 80% (35) | — |
| Mood % reporting improvement | 85% (34) | — |
| Focus % reporting improvement | 83% (12) | — |
| Common side effects | brain fog, headache, wakefulness, subdued feeling | drowsiness, nausea |
| Typical dose reported | 30-60 mg; 54 mg / after dinner; before bed | 8 mg / nightly |
In addition, this meta-analysis focuses on the efficacy of CBD in treating anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, caution should be exercised in interpreting our findings due to the limited size of the clinical sample, and additional trials ought to be carried out if deemed necessary.
Psychiatry Res, 2024 ↗“I take it for sleeping and anxiety and it works so well, even after five years. I haven't build up any tolerance.”
There is very low to moderate quality evidence that MCE has a clinically important effect compared with a minimal intervention for chronic low back pain. There is very low to low quality evidence that MCE has a clinically important effect compared with exercise plus EPA. There is moderate to high quality evidence that MCE provides similar outcomes to manual therapies and low to moderate quality evidence that it provides similar outcomes to other forms of exercises. Given the evidence that MCE is not superior to other forms of exercise, the choice of exercise for chronic LBP should probably dep
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2016 ↗“I find CBN is even more effective for deeply relaxing me and almost sedating me to sleep.”
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