Research Study – MS and CBD Products – Help needed!

Please see the information below that we have been sent by the team at Birmingham Community Healthcare. Please help if you can.

Do you use, or have you used, CBD products? We would love your help with an online survey!

Pippa Mundy is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist, and together with the MS Team at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, she is running a survey to help us understand more about CBD products, why people with MS use them, and the impact they have.

As you may already know, CBD products have become really popular and are readily available on the High Street or online. Patients with MS have told us that these products have helped with their symptoms. However, there are currently no scientific studies to support this. In fact, the MS research so far has only looked at Sativex (a medically prescribed drug which contains THC and CBD). Therefore, in this research, we will be looking at over-the-counter CBD (which doesn’t contain THC). If the survey shows that CBD products could be helpful, it could help us design a research trial of CBD in the future.

How can I help?

If you have a diagnosis of MS, live in the UK, are over 18, and have used CBD products, please complete the survey at the link below (accessible via your computer, smartphone or tablet). It will take you about 10 minutes, and includes multiple choice questions so that you can tell us about why you use CBD, and any effects you have noticed on your MS symptoms, or your physical or emotional wellbeing. If you complete the survey, your response will be completely anonymous, so we won’t be able to trace your answers back to you. Your medical team will not know that you have completed the survey.

Can I contact you?

Yes! You are welcome to contact Pippa Mundy on email if you have any questions or concerns: philippa.massingberd-mundy@nhs.net.

Take me to the survey!

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZCIJP3/

You will see an information page and a consent form – follow the instructions on the screen and you’ll be taken to the survey.

Thank you to MS National Therapy Centres for their support in sharing this research, and thank you for taking part!