Overview
Cannabidivarin is used for seizure disorder, nausea, long-term swelling (inflammation) in the digestive tract, and other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.
How does it work ?
Uses & Effectiveness
Possibly Ineffective for
- Seizure disorder (epilepsy). Taking cannabidivarin for 2 weeks doesn't appear to reduce seizures in people with poorly controlled seizure disorder.
Insufficient Evidence for
- Rett syndrome.
- Fragile X syndrome.
- Autism.
- A rare, inherited disorder that causes obesity, short stature, and learning disability (Prader-Willi syndrome or PWS).
- A type of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis).
- A type of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease).
- HIV/AIDS.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Nausea.
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Other conditions.
Side Effects
Special Precautions and Warnings
Interactions
We currently have no information for CANNABIDIVARIN (CBDV) Interactions.
Dosing
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