CBD (cannabidiol) & Type 1 diabetes

Written from the studies on PubMed, searched on 2026. nov. 11.. Every number below comes from a study listed under Sources.

What people read

Posts online say that CBD (cannabidiol) helps with Type 1 diabetes.

What has been studied

• 1In people1 randomised trial
• 7In animals
• 0Only in the lab

What the studies found

!CBD (cannabidiol) has been tested in randomised trials in people with Type 1 diabetes.

We found 9 published papers on CBD (cannabidiol) and Type 1 diabetes. They were published between 2006 and 2025.

1 of them are studies in people (1 randomised trials), 1 are reviews, 7 are studies in animals and 0 are studies only in the lab.

The most important ones are listed under Sources.

Sources

1. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Cannabidiol in Idiopathic and Diabetic Gastroparesis.2023 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol · Randomised trial
2. Anti-inflammatory effects of cannabidiol in the treatment of type 1 diabetes: A mini review.2025 · World J Diabetes · Review
3. Cannabidiol modulates contextual fear memory consolidation in animals with experimentally induced type-1 diabetes mellitus.2024 · Acta Neuropsychiatr · In animals
4. Abnormal cannabidiol ameliorates inflammation preserving pancreatic beta cells in mouse models of experimental type 1 diabetes and beta cell damage.2022 · Biomed Pharmacother · In animals
5. Cannabidiol induces antidepressant and anxiolytic-like effects in experimental type-1 diabetic animals by multiple sites of action.2021 · Metab Brain Dis · In animals
6. Two-weeks treatment with cannabidiol improves biophysical and behavioral deficits associated with experimental type-1 diabetes.2020 · Neurosci Lett · In animals
7. Experimental cannabidiol treatment reduces early pancreatic inflammation in type 1 diabetes.2016 · Clin Hemorheol Microcirc · In animals
8. Cannabidiol arrests onset of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice.2008 · Neuropharmacology · In animals

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