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What can CBD do for pets?
Possible health benefits that have been reported include relieving pain, reducing anxiety, improving sleep, and treating epilepsy, along with others.
Current studies are looking at CBD use in dogs for epilepsy, osteoarthritis, cancer, and postsurgical pain; in cats for pain, anxiety, and urinary tract disease; in horses for arthritis and laminitis; and in birds for proventricular dilatation disease. As more data comes out, we will get a better idea of what CBD can do.
One study so far has shown that dogs with arthritis may get similar pain relief with CBD as with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications.
Another study found that CBD, when added to anticonvulsant medications, did not help decrease seizures in epileptic dogs. Clearly, more data is needed so that we can get a more complete understanding of what all CBD can do.
Is CBD safe for pets?
So far, it appears that CBD is well tolerated in pets. In the studies that have been done, CBD oil and other products have shown to be safe and have few side effects. The most common side effects that have been seen is diarrhea.
The primary safety concerns associated with CBD are the pet getting too high of a dose or using human products that have other ingredients in them that are unsafe in animals.
It is important when giving CBD to your pet to only use pet-specific products, and to keep it out of reach from them so that they can’t get into it. At Clayton Central Pharmacy we are experts at manufacturing pet specific CBD products.
How should I use CBD if I want to try it for my pet?
We recommend contacting your veterinarian and discussing CBD before starting it in your pet, especially if your pet is on other medications.
There are no established dosing regimens for CBD use in pets, but most products have a recommended dose listed on the product label. When starting CBD in your pet, it is best to start on the lower end of a recommended dose (possibly even lower than recommended) and slowly titrating up, so that you don’t end up giving more than necessary.
Currently, in order for us to compound a cbd product for your pet, we only need a prescription from your veterinary.
Possible health benefits that have been reported include relieving pain, reducing anxiety, improving sleep, and treating epilepsy, along with others.
Current studies are looking at CBD use in dogs for epilepsy, osteoarthritis, cancer, and postsurgical pain; in cats for pain, anxiety, and urinary tract disease; in horses for arthritis and laminitis; and in birds for proventricular dilatation disease. As more data comes out, we will get a better idea of what CBD can do.
One study so far has shown that dogs with arthritis may get similar pain relief with CBD as with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications.
Another study found that CBD, when added to anticonvulsant medications, did not help decrease seizures in epileptic dogs. Clearly, more data is needed so that we can get a more complete understanding of what all CBD can do.
Is CBD safe for pets?
So far, it appears that CBD is well tolerated in pets. In the studies that have been done, CBD oil and other products have shown to be safe and have few side effects. The most common side effects that have been seen is diarrhea.
The primary safety concerns associated with CBD are the pet getting too high of a dose or using human products that have other ingredients in them that are unsafe in animals.
It is important when giving CBD to your pet to only use pet-specific products, and to keep it out of reach from them so that they can’t get into it. At Clayton Central Pharmacy we are experts at manufacturing pet specific CBD products.
How should I use CBD if I want to try it for my pet?
We recommend contacting your veterinarian and discussing CBD before starting it in your pet, especially if your pet is on other medications.
There are no established dosing regimens for CBD use in pets, but most products have a recommended dose listed on the product label. When starting CBD in your pet, it is best to start on the lower end of a recommended dose (possibly even lower than recommended) and slowly titrating up, so that you don’t end up giving more than necessary.
Currently, in order for us to compound a cbd product for your pet, we only need a prescription from your veterinary.
References:
- Hawn R. Trends in your inbox: The ABCs of CBD – what to know now, what to do, what comes next. AAHA Publications. 2020 Feb. https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2020-02/the-abcs-of-cbd-what-to-know-now-what-to-do-what-comes-next/
- McGrath S, Bartner LR, Rao S, Kogan LR, Hellyer PW. A report of adverse effects associated with the administration of cannabidiol in healthy dogs. AHVMA. 2018: 52. https://www.ahvma.org/wp-content/uploads/AHVMA-2018-V52-CannabisAdverseEffects.pdf
- McGrath S, Bartner LR, Rao S, Packer RA, Gustafson DL. Randomized blinded controlled clinical trial to assess the effect of oral cannabidiol administration in addition to conventional antiepileptic treatment on seizure frequency in dogs with intractable idiopathic epilepsy. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2019 Jun 1; 254(11):1301-1308. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31067185/
- Gamble LJ, Boesch JM, Frye CW, Schwark WS, Mann S, Wolfe L, Brown H, Berthelsen ES, Wakshlag JJ. Pharmacokinetics, safety, and clinical efficacy of cannabidiol treatment in osteoarthritis dogs. Front Vet Sci. 2018 Jul 23; 5:165. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2018.00165/full