CBD may reduce cravings and anxiety in recovering heroin abusers
could help to curb the international opioid crisis. suggest that CBD could help to reduce the anxiety and cravings experienced by patients recovering from heroin addiction. Researchers reported that CBD may help to dampen signals in the body that trigger cravings and anxiety in former opioid abusers, in addition to lowering patients' heart rates and levels of stress hormones.
Researchers found that patients who were given CBD exhibited lowered feelings of anxiety or craving when exposed to certain psychological cues, such as videos of drug paraphernalia. Tests of such participants' saliva also showed lowered levels of stress hormones, and participants' heart rates were found to be lower than those in the placebo group. Some of these effects were evident in patients up to a week after their final dose of CBD.
Hurd also noted that the cannabinoid chemical's anxiety-reducing capability extends to other kinds of patients, but could offer key relief for patients recovering from opioid dependence.
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