[vorpalhex]

Let me save you some digging: it's bunk.

If you go to the supermarket and get yourself some cbd topical solution for like sore muscles.. you are just getting generic sore muscle lotion that basically treats inflammation, and it has had cbd waved near it for an upcharge.

The only potential like thing here are high cbd transdermal patches but the dose is high and the efficacy is still pretty low.

[hallway_monitor]

NSAIDs are taken orally; oral CBD does seem to have an effect on inflammation.

[Broken_Hippo]

NSAIDs are taken orally

Not always. They sell ibuprofen in a tube so you can rub it on muscles. If you are in the US, you probably don't see it on your pharmacy shelves, though. The pharmacy I worked at didn't sell it (and it was a large chain), but all of the pharmacies I've seen in Norway have it.

[vorpalhex]

I have seen it in US pharmacies, both labeled as NSAID and non-labeled but containing NSAID precursors.

The labeled one had a measuring/dosage card attached which was really weird to me.

[danachow]

In the US topical diclofenac is common and sells well - brand name Voltaren. They (topical NSAIDs) are first line therapy for acute musculoskeletal pain.

[vorpalhex]

Broken_Hippo already responded about NSAIDs not always being oral.

> CBD does seem to have an effect on inflammation.

Yes but it doesn't penetrate the skin very well. That's why I sort of hinted at large dose transdermals as being a possibility, but the small bit of research that has been done is both early and mixed. I think the transdermal is a pretty critical part here and I don't know of any approved transdermal CBD products, just lotions that are useless.

[danachow]

NSAIDs are available in oral, IV, IM and topical routes.

[indolering]

Agree, but I have yet to find topical CBD that works as well as topical ibuprofen.