Short Communication
Cannabidiol – A Role for COVID-19?
Gerhard Nahler* and Eberhard Pirich
CIS Clinical Investigation Support GmbH, Wien, Austria
Gerhard Nahler, CIS Clinical Investigation Support GmbH, Kaiserstrasse 43, 1070 Wien, Austria.
Received Date: June 24, 2020; Published Date: July 15, 2020
Abstract
Although the lung is considered as the primary organ affected by SARS-CoV-2, responsible for tissue and organ hypoxia, cerebrovascular complications such as stroke and neurological impairment such as Guillain-Barré syndrome have been repeatedly reported in COVID-19 patients. Many drugs that are currently administered to patients are experimental treatments which poorly cross the blood-brain-barrier. Cannabidiol (CBD) is known since long for reaching high brain levels and for its favourable safety profile. It has been shown to be neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory and has prevented sequelae in various hypoxic-ischemic disease models as well as in animal models of demyelination. In the past, it has been demonstrated that CBD can be safely co-administered with a number of other medications. CBD may be able to prevent and attenuate complications and long-term damages also in COVID-19 patients.
Keywords:Anosmia, Anxiety, Cannabidiol, COVID-19, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Hypoxia, Neuroinflammation, Neuroprotection, SARS-CoV-2, Stroke
Abbreviations: CBD: Cannabidiol; CVD: Cerebrovascular Disease; EAE: Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis; MOG: Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein; TMEV: Theilers Murine Encephalitis Virus
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Gerhard Nahler, Eberhard Pirich. Cannabidiol – A Role for COVID-19?. On J Complement & Alt Med. 5(1): 2020. OJCAM. MS.ID.000601.