I've been trying Palmitoylethanolamide which is a studied alternative but it takes many weeks for it to start working as it has to build up in fat stores, can't say I feel anything from it yet after eight weeks
well they have to start somewhere, bringing new medical drugs to market is a decade long project
and even worse it has to be profitable even if it works to make it to production
I searched clinicaltrials.gov for geraniol and there is sadly nothing
I'll have to try to email the researchers to see what they are up to next
Maybe geraniol can be extracted from other plants that are not on any federal drug schedules, that would change everything and allow it to be marketed as a food supplement which would effectively not have any regulation at all
ps. chatgpt says Geraniol is abundant in rose oil, palmarosa oil, citronella oil, and lemongrass oil
which gives other legal OTC options
it also points out they used a MASSIVE dose in the mice to get just a few hours of pain relief
there is also a legally prescribed medication called Istradefylline that does the same thing as Geraniol
pps. ChatGPT also says Palmitoylethanolamide is likely far more effective than Geraniol (and Palmitoylethanolamide is already legal as OTC supplement)
hmm actual paper is two years old, not sure if that website is just recycling news
* https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11974608/
* https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43440-024-00687-1
previous study from 2021
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87740-8
but it is fascinating
I've been trying Palmitoylethanolamide which is a studied alternative but it takes many weeks for it to start working as it has to build up in fat stores, can't say I feel anything from it yet after eight weeks
Which means that high-terpene cannabis can be worthwhile to get high from. Not that you necessarily want to be high all the time, but once in a while.
Ah, sadly it doesn’t work that way for me. I guess for some people it does but not for me. I can either be abstinent or constantly high.
sigh - in mice.
This explains a lot about that mouse who got a cookie and subsequently wanted a lot of other food
well they have to start somewhere, bringing new medical drugs to market is a decade long project
and even worse it has to be profitable even if it works to make it to production
I searched clinicaltrials.gov for geraniol and there is sadly nothing
I'll have to try to email the researchers to see what they are up to next
Maybe geraniol can be extracted from other plants that are not on any federal drug schedules, that would change everything and allow it to be marketed as a food supplement which would effectively not have any regulation at all
ps. chatgpt says Geraniol is abundant in rose oil, palmarosa oil, citronella oil, and lemongrass oil
which gives other legal OTC options
it also points out they used a MASSIVE dose in the mice to get just a few hours of pain relief
there is also a legally prescribed medication called Istradefylline that does the same thing as Geraniol
pps. ChatGPT also says Palmitoylethanolamide is likely far more effective than Geraniol (and Palmitoylethanolamide is already legal as OTC supplement)
It's literally named after geraniums.