The CBD industry has grown beyond everyone’s expectations. Who would have thought that once an illegal product would become a multi-billion dollar industry? The CBD industry generated a total sale of over $4 billion in 2020, and experts believe it will even grow further and hit the $20 billion mark by 2025.

CBD manufacturers offer several types of products such as vapes, capsules, gummies, oils, tinctures, etc. However, CBD vape pens invite more health professionals’ interest in these products.

Vaping has become more like a fashion trend these days. Starting as an alternative to smoking, the vape industry has also changed. Nowadays, it seems there are more CBD devices than traditional nicotine-containing devices.

Most health experts consider CBD vape pens to be the best of both worlds. As it successfully attracts smokers who want to quit smoking. For a health professional, the benefits of CBD vape pens are more than enough to suggest it to someone for temporary use. At the same time, CBD-containing vape pens also provide the potential benefits of using CBD.

So, let’s see why health experts may suggest the use of a CBD Vape Pen to someone.

Importance of CBD vape pen for a health expert:

CBD has several potential health benefits, which are also available in CBD vape pens. Moreover, vape pens are pretty fast to act, which may come in handy in some medical emergencies. Besides, CBD vapes are more potent than other products of the same quantity. You don’t need to take more to experience a potent effect with vape pens.

So, let’s see why CBD vape pens are special:

●     May help fight anxiety and depression:

The calming effects of CBD are well known and the leading factor why it is so much popular. A 2017 study published in a Brazilian Psychiatry Journal says using CBD products may help with social anxiety disorder.

In the above-mentioned study, 57 participants were given either 150mg CBD, 300mg CBD, 600mg CBD, or a placebo. It was found that participants receiving 150 or 600mg of CBD performed better in the simulated public speaking test.

Similarly, a mice study also reveals that CBD has some antidepressant properties. The researchers believe CBD acts the same as the antidepressant imipramine. The drug imipramine is used to treat anxiety, depression, and panic disorder.

●    Have some use in selected epilepsy syndromes:

CBD can be used effectively to treat some forms of epilepsy. The only FDA-approved CBD drug Epidiolex is used to treat epileptic seizures in children over 2 years. The drug Epidiolex finds its use in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome.

Three critically acclaimed studies back the FDA approval of Epidiolex. During these studies, 516 patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome received either the dose of placebo or Epidiolex. In patients receiving Epidiolex with the other relevant medication, the seizure frequency reduced compared to the placebo.

●    May help people with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients:

Research suggests CBD may help in managing the symptoms of PTSD patients. According to a small study in the Journal of Alternative and complementary medicine, it was found that CBD is well tolerated.

Moreover, administering CBD to PTSD patients may lower the frequency of nightmares. So, if a PTSD patient vapes CBD, there is a high probability of getting uninterrupted sleep during the night.

Experts believe CBD may also treat insomnia in children who have PTSD. Four other human trials between 2012 to 2016 also suggest CBD reduces PTSD symptoms. However, some of these studies also included Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) with CBD.

When an equal quantity of CBD and THC is used, it produces the entourage effect. Both CBD and THC complement each other’s properties in entourage effect, thus increasing the benefits and potency. 

●    May also treat Opioid addiction:

Vaping initially captured the market as an alternative to smoking. Due to the introduction of vape pens, many cigarette-addicted people quit smoking. Interestingly, many preclinical human and animal studies suggest that CBD could treat opioid addiction.

In a study involving heroin addicts, it was found that administering CBD for a week reduced the cue-induced cravings. It also further eases withdrawal anxiety, resting heartbeat, and cortisol levels in saliva. The researchers also didn’t find any adverse effects during the study.

●    Manages chronic pain:

Apart from acting as a stress buster, vaping CBD oil can also provide some relief from unmanageable pain. While Epidiolex is the only FDA-approved drug outside of the US, there are drugs like Sativex.

In 2005, Canada approved the use of Sativex in the treatment of neuropathic pain caused due to multiple sclerosis (MS). Sativex is prepared by using an equal mixture of CBD and THC. Besides MS, Sativex also has its use in treating cancer pain resistant to standard painkillers.

Risks associated with CBD vape pens:

Though CBD vape pens have many benefits, all of these benefits are for a shorter duration. While the effects of CBD vapes kick in pretty fast, it also wears off quickly. On top of that, there is hardly any research involving the long-term effects of CBD vape pens.

While vaping CBD is less risky than smoking CBD, vape products have many other additives. There isn’t much data on these additives as to how they work and their effects on human health.

Though CBD is well-tolerated and considered a safe item to consume, it may also cause side effects such as dry mouth, loss of appetite, drowsiness, and fatigue.

Conclusion:

Though CBD is readily available as an over-the-counter drug, sometimes people overdose themselves. Due to some of the risks associated with vaping, some medical experts don’t want to prescribe it. Moreover, this category of medical experts wants a permanent ban on CBD vape devices. However, the benefits of CBD vapes outweigh their downsides. Due to this, most medical experts are on the same side as CBD vape users.