Medical Mike’s CBD Oils

The FDA, along with the FTC, sent Medical Mikes, Inc. a warning letter earlier this month regarding claims made by the CBD company that its products are safe and/or effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19. Claims included the following excerpt from a company blog post titled “COVID-19 and CBD Research: The Latest Findings and Takeaways”:

Marsha Rosner of the University of Chicago and her team, who recently published a study in Science Advances, want to see CBD at the forefront of Covid-19 prevention studies. Why? Their widely circulated research indicated that highly potent oral CBD inhibits Covid infection in human lung cells and mice. According to their findings, CBD may work by inhibiting viral gene expression while boosting the body’s stress and immune responses.

Medical Mikes has taken down the blog (the version linked above is an archive from September 2022). Interestingly, at the bottom of the blog, the company had admitted that “we are not doctors, and we don’t have the solution to Covid-19.”

The company also edited another blog post, titled “CBD for Seniors: Best Products, Benefits, Safety, and Uses,” to remove a COVID claim cited by regulators.

Remember, readers, marketing anything other than FDA-approved drugs as having the ability to treat, cure, alleviate the symptoms of, or prevent developing diseases or disorders, such as COVID-19, is simply not permitted by law.

Find more of our coverage on COVID claims here.