The common understanding about smoking weed on antibiotics is that any interactions that may exist are minimal and unlikely to be noticed. In fact there is even some research into the idea that use of cannabis might actually assist the antibiotics in completing their task. In some studies patients who were using pain medication as well as cannabis to control their symptoms were able to reduce their intake of antibiotics by half with no reduction in their effectiveness!
Furthermore studies are underway on the use and benefits of marijuana and antibiotics, specifically the use of CBD during the healing process alongside antibiotics and other prescription medications. In some cases patients have been able to replace their traditional medications entirely with a CBD focused cannabis product that provides them all of the health and wellness benefits of their prior medications with far less severe and unpredictable side effects!
Not only has CBD been shown to reduce inflammation, help control pain, calm anxiety and guard against general discomforts while increasing overall health and wellness there is new research to suggest it may possess strong antibacterial properties as well! This means that by choosing a high CBD strain of cannabis to combine with your antibiotic medication you may in actual fact be increasing the effectiveness of the medication.
The one caveat to this great news is that not only are the potential benefits of your antibiotics maximized when you mix marijuana and antibiotics so is the potential for uncomfortable or unpleasant side effects. Luckily for cannabis users the effects of a potent CBD and THC hybrid flower would work well to combat any feelings of nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, bloating or indigestion you might experience from the enhanced effect provided by the combination of substances.
There is growing and frankly upsetting concern over the potential for “superbug” antibiotic resistant bacteria that is starting to become better understood by the medical community and the greater public. With each passing year it becomes clear more research into the antibacterial potential of CBD will become a very important cornerstone of medical science moving forward and we at Haute Health look forward to new and exciting breakthroughs in the medical cannabis industry as more about this substance and its potential interactions with common medications becomes better understood.