How you can save money on CBD oil
There’s no doubt that CBD can be a game-changer for health. People who consistently take high-quality CBD report dramatic improvements in symptoms, and many can reduce or eliminate their use of medications.
However, there’s a downside: CBD isn’t cheap, and insurance doesn’t cover it. People taking higher doses of CBD can find themselves spending quite a lot of money to support their health.
Good health is priceless, but we still have to make ends meet! In today’s climate of tariffs, skyrocketing health care costs, loss of SNAP benefits, and lack of paychecks for federal employees due to the shutdown, many of us are very worried about finances. What can we do?
One option: switch to a cheaper brand of CBD oil. There are brands that are cheaper than Primal Botanical (as well as many that are more expensive). While this is an option, I don’t recommend it:
Many cheap CBD oils are made with hemp grown in China, which may be contaminated with pesticides or heavy metals.
Many cheap brands are likely to be made with CBD isolate, which is not nearly as effective as full-spectrum CBD. CBD isolate has had the majority of beneficial compounds removed, leaving only the CBD molecule alone, without any other cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids, or any of the other constituents that make hemp so effective. If full-spectrum CBD oil is like eating broccoli, CBD isolate would be like taking a vitamin C pill - still beneficial, but lacking so many of the benefits of the whole plant. CBD isolate generally needs to be dosed much higher, which offsets the cheaper price. Not the bargain it might seem!
Another option: stop taking CBD. If CBD has benefitted you, I don’t recommend this option either. When discontinuing CBD, your symptoms are likely to return. Increased pain, disturbed sleep, worsening responses to stress - no one wants that!
Without CBD, many people are forced to rely on over-the-counter or prescription pain medications, which, while cheaper, come with a host of side effects (GI bleeding and addiction/overdose being the most dangerous).
I have a better option! 😀
My CBD oils get much more cost-effective as they go up in either potency or size; switching to a higher-potency oil or to a bulk bottle can save a lot of money.
New users often start out with my 500mg oil, the least expensive one, to give it a try and see if it will work for them. But for regular users, this is actually the least affordable product to get. In fact, switching to a different product can save you almost 50%!
Let’s break it down (WARNING: math ahead):
Let’s compare:
Three bottles of 500mg oil = 1500mg for $120.
One bottle of 1500mg oil = 1500mg for $75.
Switching to the stronger oil would save $45!
Going up in size to the 8-ounce bulk refill bottles offers additional savings:
So choosing the strongest CBD oil in the larger bottle would save you nearly 50% (45.8%, to be exact) over buying the same amount of CBD in the 500mg bottles!
I realize that shelling out $260 for a 6000mg bottle of CBD can be a hardship, especially for those of us struggling to survive paycheck to paycheck. But if you can swing it, it makes a lot more sense than spending $480 for the equivalent amount in 500mg bottles. I even sell empty 2-ounce dropper bottles for $1 so you can transfer your CBD oil from the bulk bottle to the dropper bottle.
For dosing, it's easy to switch from a lower-potency oil to a higher-potency oil: simply take a smaller amount of oil. You can find dosing instructions here and here.
