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footcandlez t1_isuz1fl wrote

I'm so used to seeing "the authors declare no conflicts of interest" that this was interesting:

"SB, SY, AB, LH, DW, AH, KP, PW, and DL are employees of Mars Petcare, a manufacturer of pet food and provider of veterinary services."

Not that working for a pet food manufacturer would skew the results, but it certainly raises an eyebrow. If they instead found that CBD had adverse effects, would they have swept these findings under the rug?

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dizzymorningdragon t1_isvm4zg wrote

Adding CBD to something and then quadrupling the price has been the latest trend

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johnjohn4011 t1_isvd621 wrote

Are they claiming "no adverse results"? Because that sounds rather different to me than "well tolerated".....

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footcandlez t1_isw7cua wrote

That's fair. They did find elevated levels of ALP in the CBD group, which apparently is a type of liver enzyme. But they say it was clinically insignificant because there was not an elevation of other liver enzymes, which would have been better evidence of liver injury.

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johnjohn4011 t1_isx6byl wrote

And of course, there is no long term data available yet...

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McBleezy8 t1_isvdn7n wrote

They tested at a very low dosage and if that had adverse effects my guess is the only thing they could do was not publish it and do further research to determine the length of the adverse effects. I don’t know what Mars Petcare primarily makes but I doubt they’d pull any CBD products off the shelves if they did find adverse effects. Whether or not they would be liable for making statements contrary to their own research is a grey area. In my experience at least very rarely will a private business pay for research and publish if it runs counter to their objective but it has happened usually due to them realizing any other researcher would inevitably come to the same conclusion.

That’s just my take*

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footcandlez t1_isw73wq wrote

Yeah that's what I mean, that they maybe would not have published it, if it was counterproductive to their agenda.

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