Is It Safe to Use Medical Marijuana with Amoxicillin?

Is It Safe to Use Medical Marijuana with Amoxicillin?

Amoxicillin is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics. Many people receive it at some point in their life. And while amoxicillin is undoubtedly safe to take alone. You may feel a little uneasy taking it along with your medical marijuana. That feeling is understandable. However, it may not be necessary.

This blog will discuss whether it’s safe to use medical marijuana with amoxicillin. Continue reading below for more information.

What exactly is amoxicillin?

Amoxicillin, as we said, is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics. It’s a semi-synthetic derivative of penicillin, widely used to battle infections and even stomach ulcers. Amoxicillin is known by other names as well. Those names include amoxicot, amoxil, dispermox, moxilin and others.

Possible benefits and risks to using medical marijuana with amoxicillin

Research has not yet proved any interaction between medical marijuana and amoxicillin, neither good nor bad. However, you must understand that everyone reacts to medication differently. Someone like you taking medical marijuana and amoxicillin may have a different experience than you will.

With that said, we have noticed some possible benefits and risks.

Benefits

  • There’s a pressing issue in the medical field called antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance may arrive after the overuse of antibiotics, such as amoxicillin. Fortunately, there’s hope around the corner. Researchers discovered that the cannabinoids in medical marijuana (CBG and CBD) show impactful anti-fungal, antiviral and antibacterial properties.

With more research, those properties may weaken the grip of antibiotic resistance in the medical field.

  • Infections can do a lot of damage to the human body. In most cases, pain and inflammation are practically guaranteed. But the anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects of cannabinoids may help fight these parts of the infection.
  • Amoxicillin is a big help. However, like any medication, it has side effects. In some cases, you may experience abdominal cramps, leg, back and even stomach pain, as well as nausea and vomiting.

Medical marijuana may help lessen these side effects.

Risks

  • Cannabidiol, such as CBD and THC in medical marijuana, could theoretically interfere with amoxicillin and reduce its effectiveness. However, this has never been proven to occur.
  • The same beneficial anti-inflammatory effects of cannabinoids may also have adverse effects. In some cases, medical marijuana may weaken the power of inflammation and limit its ability to clear viral or bacterial infections.

What you should take away from this

At the end of the day, all of the risks around using medical marijuana and amoxicillin are only theoretical. So, it is safe to use medical marijuana with amoxicillin.

However, should you experience any adverse effects, you should immediately stop using medical marijuana until you are done taking amoxicillin.

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