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If you’ve been struggling to find the right therapy — or mix of therapies — to treat your erectile dysfunction, that's understandable. In addition to reliable prescription medications like Viagra and Cialis, there’s no shortage of over-the-counter remedies ranging from well-researched botanicals to suspect chemicals.1
So, whether you’re looking for an alternative to prescription treatment or something to augment its efficacy, you might have heard that CBD is sometimes used as an ED treatment. But can CBD actually make a difference for men with ED?
Our testing team took a deep dive into the available science and tried a variety of CBD gummies ourselves to let you know everything about their potential to help you.
A combination of strong dosing, competitive pricing, enjoyable flavors, and transparent, third-party testing make Neurogan our top choice right now.
The Full Spectrum product allows you to benefit from the entourage effect, while Neurogan wisely uses MCT oil to improve the bioavailability of the CBD. Neurogan’s gummy isn’t the least expensive, but if you look at the amount of CBD it contains, these gummies have a very low cost per gram of CBD, making them a great value for you. Subscribing makes them an even better deal.
At Innerbody Research, we extensively test every product and service we review, including CBD products targeting erectile dysfunction, anxiety, and more. All told, our testing team has ordered and tried dozens of CBD products, giving us the ability to report back to you on things like efficacy, taste, and the customer experience overall.
In addition to our hands-on testing experience, our team has read through over 100 scholarly articles pertaining to CBD, its mechanisms of action, and its various applications for everything from ED to pain management. Additionally, this review, like all health-related content on this website, was thoroughly vetted by one or more members of our Medical Review Board for accuracy.
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In evaluating CBD gummies for ED, we put a sharp focus on several key criteria central to most customers in the space. These included efficacy, cost, safety, and taste. Our overall consideration for each product was impacted the most by efficacy, but costs can range dramatically among CBD gummies, making that criterion a close second in influence.
Let’s take a look at each criterion to see which companies rose to the top.
Winner: Neurogan Full Spectrum
CBD’s potential to treat ED almost completely revolves around its documented potential to reduce anxiety. For men with psychogenic ED resulting from performance anxiety or those whose anxiety in or outside of the bedroom has physiological effects that impede performance,2 CBD can theoretically help.3 There is a little evidence that CBD can be good for cardiovascular health,4 but even some of the most recent studies call for further investigation.5
We’ll get into more research examples below, but it’s important to note that the lion’s share of research showing CBD’s positive effects in anxiety patients utilizes doses much higher than what you typically see in CBD products sold in retail locations and in many places around the internet.6 The difference in dose is sometimes more than ten-fold.
However, we’ve seen plenty of self-reported evidence that CBD has anti-anxiety effects at doses as low as 10mg.7 And our testing team can confirm slight but noticeable effects from products as low as 25mg per gummy.
With some popular brands, you have to take more gummies if you want a higher dose. Neurogan won out in this category because it offers several effective doses of its products and gives you the option to choose from among them in several cases. Our favorite product in its catalog is its Full Spectrum Gummies, which are available in 45mg, 90mg, and 120mg doses.
Winner: Neurogan Full Spectrum
Despite Neurogan’s win here, we want to open this part of the discussion by talking about Medterra, which only lost this category by the thinnest of hairs. Really, your choice between the two is going to come down to how much you want to spend per bottle or dose versus how much you want to spend for the CBD itself.
Here’s how it breaks down between the two:
Neurogan Full Spectrum 120mg | Neurogan Full Spectrum 45mg | Medterra Daily Delight 60 ct | Medterra Daily Delight 20ct | |
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Price (with a subscription) | $56 | $34 | $62.99 | $27.99 |
Dose | 120mg | 45mg | 25mg | 25mg |
Doses per bottle | 30 | 30 | 60 | 20 |
Cost per dose | $1.87 | $1.13 | $1.05 | $1.40 |
Cost per gram of CBD | $15.56 | $25.19 | $41.99 | $55.98 |
Other ingredients | MCT oil | MCT oil | THC, MCT oil | THC, MCT oil |
As you can see, Medterra offers the lowest cost per dose in its 60-count bottle and the lowest cost per bottle in its 20-count option. But because its CBD dose is so much lower than Neurogan’s, it can’t compete on the cost of the CBD itself. Both the 45mg and 120mg dose versions of Neurogan’s Full Spectrum are less expensive per gram of CBD.
However, you can’t discount the fact that Mediterra Daily Delight also includes a 5mg dose of THC. For men interested in combining CBD and THC in their pursuit of an ED treatment, this might be a no-brainer. But we would recommend the more cost-effective option that more men could take without psychotropic effects.
Winner: Green Roads Stress Aways
While many of the high-dose studies looking into CBD’s effect on anxiety revealed no significant side effects,3 other studies looking into potential adverse effects specifically highlight various potential reactions ranging from sleep disturbances to anemia.8 There are also some known drug-drug interactions with CBD, including antidepressants, protease inhibitors, and ketoconazole. In some situations, you'd need to ameliorate the CBD dose, as the effect in question increases CBD bioavailability. In others, the general side effect risk increases, and combining should only be done with supervision over a long titration period.
In each of these cases, the relationship is dose-dependent. The more CBD you take, the higher the associated risks. The most common of these side effects are benign in and of themselves (sedation, somnolence, weakness), but they can become significant hazards in certain situations, such as driving a car or caring for a child.
For most people, starting with a wildly high dose of CBD is not a good idea unless you have no medical conditions, take no medications, and have no responsibilities. For everyone else, it’s wise to start slowly and consult with your physician.
To that end, we found that Green Roads offered the widest variety of high-quality, relatively low-dose CBD products. Our preferred pick from the company also includes ashwagandha and L-theanine, both of which are well-studied ingredients with low side effect profiles.
Winner: Medterra Daily Delight
One of the best parts of performing hands-on testing with products like these is that we get to report back on things like taste and texture — details you likely won't find elsewhere. There's a real need to get the flavors right among CBD gummies (and CBD products in general). The taste that CBD extract adds to a gummy, carrier oil, or other product can be especially bitter and earthy.
In our experience, we’ve found that when companies try to mask the CBD flavor, burying it under something else, they’re less successful. The trick seems to be to find flavors that complement the bitterness. Citrus flavors performed the best in our testing, but they were uncommon. In fact, Medterra was the only company to employ citrus in its gummies (our experiences with CBD oil confirmed our suspicion that citrus flavors were a solid bet).
Medterra’s Daily Delight comes in a multi-flavor pack, and the company’s lemon flavor was our testers’ universal favorite. If you want something with a little less THC, you’ll be glad to know that the company’s full-spectrum gummies come in lemon, so you’re getting the top flavor there, as well. To be clear, even Medterra’s least successful flavors outperformed the competition; its lemon was what really stood out.
It's also worth mentioning the loser here, especially since the flavor was bad enough to cause some testers to spit it out. This flavor belonged to Enjoy Hemp, whose sex gummies don't suffer from too much of a CBD flavor. Rather, they become almost inedible from the flavors added by the other herbal components in combination with CBD.
CBD is short for cannabidiol, a chemical compound that’s found in Cannabis sativa plants. That includes both hemp and marijuana plants, which are technically different. Hemp is a cannabis plant with less than 0.3% THC, whereas marijuana contains at least 0.3% THC.30 While not part of the classification system, the inverse remains true for CBD; hemp contains far more CBD than THC. That’s why most CBD is derived from hemp plants.
Inside your body, CBD acts on several systems, many in the brain. It’s an agonist for serotonin receptors, which helps explain why it makes you feel good and reduces anxiety.9 It also has a role in preventing the breakdown of anandamide, a lipid mediator that acts on CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors to make them more sensitive to endogenous cannabinoids.10 And since endocannabinoid signaling is part of the neuromodulatory system, some researchers point out that increased anandamide can fight anxiety.11
With so many potential mechanisms of action involved, some overlapping to enhance CBD’s effects, mapping out its exact activity in fighting anxiety remains elusive. However, plenty of research has concluded that CBD can fight anxiety and modulate pain.9
When we look at the potential physiological causes of erectile dysfunction, there aren’t many that appear good candidates for treatment with CBD.
However, psychology plays a significant role in many cases of erectile dysfunction, where a moment of slight softening in the penis triggers panic, leading to a total loss of erection.12 If that happens enough, anxiety around the prospect of trying to get an erection can become a major roadblock in and of itself.
So, when we look at CBD's ability to treat ED, we consider it a place to start for men whose ED has a psychological component, especially if they want to pair it with prescription medication. That said, you should definitely talk to your doctor if you intend to use both CBD and a prescription PDE-5 inhibitor like Viagra or Cialis.
In addition to CBD, there’s no shortage of herbal ingredients that some research suggests could help men with ED — at least mild cases.
These can include:
Some CBD makers market their products toward men looking for a boost in the bedroom, and they’ll often include some of these ingredients in their gummies. Keep in mind, however, that few of these ingredients have enough clinical research behind them to compete with prescription alternatives — and evaluating potential side effects becomes more complicated as you introduce additional ingredients into your regimen.
We also recommend you look for products containing MCT oil whenever possible. This is more often seen with CBD oil products, but some gummies, including Neurogan's Full-Spectrum CBD gummies, contain it. MCT has been shown to increase CBD’s bioavailability.13
Compared to either CBD or the above-mentioned herbal treatments, prescription PDE-5 inhibitors like Viagra and Cialis have much longer, more rigorous research behind them, not least of all because they were brought to market under intense FDA scrutiny. Dozens of studies and millions of patients have shown them to be effective, and they’re safe for most men, as well.
There are certain risks of cardiovascular side effects and problems with vision or muscle pain, but there’s such an abundance of research that it’s easy to conclude these may be even safer than some herbal alternatives.14 15
We’ve spent a lot of time covering the ED medication space, and our preferred provider for most men looking into ED meds for the first time is BlueChew. It offers some of the best prices for ED meds around, and its medications are chewable and individually wrapped, so they’re easy to keep on you and to take without even needing a glass of water.
Innerbody readers also get their first month free with BlueChew by using the coupon code INNERBODY.
CBD gummies are as safe as any other CBD product. For the most part, CBD is perfectly safe, as its side effects, though common, are mild and rarely dangerous by themselves.16 Those side effects include things like somnolence, weakness, and a general feeling of sedation.17 Side effects appear to be dose-dependent in most studies, so the more CBD you take in a given dose, the higher the likelihood or intensity of the side effects you may experience. It’s a good idea to avoid driving a vehicle or engaging in any dangerous activities that might require your full attention or strength.
Certain drugs can also interact with CBD, though these sometimes do little more than make the CBD slightly more or less effective than it would be on its own.18
Because some CBD products contain trace amounts of THC, using them can cause a positive result on a drug screening. If you're concerned about potentially testing positive at a test for work or another purpose, certain types of CBD products will have no traceable THC in them. We'll break those down for you below.
Cannabis plants — including both hemp and marijuana plants — contain more than 100 cannabinoids in them, only one of which is cannabidiol, or CBD.19 Through the processes of plant selection and extraction, manufacturers can control (to an extent) which of these cannabinoids makes it into a product.
You’ll sometimes see CBD isolate offered as a guaranteed THC-free CBD, but there are a few very important reasons to choose either broad-spectrum or full-spectrum CBD instead. In a nutshell, the specific characteristics of broad-spectrum and full-spectrum are:
Full-spectrum extracts contain all of the naturally occurring cannabinoids, terpenes, and other compounds in the cannabis plant. This includes both CBD and Delta-9 THC, the compound most closely associated with marijuana’s psychotropic effects. However, CBD is typically produced from hemp plants, which contain less than 0.3% THC, leaving only trace amounts in the average full-spectrum product. And that menagerie of hemp’s various compounds creates something we’ll discuss below: the entourage effect.
Broad-spectrum CBD utilizes a refined extraction process that can prevent THC from occurring at any measurable amount in a CBD product. Some broad-spectrum products still contain trace THC, and they'll say as much on the label. However, companies that eliminate it completely tend to advertise it loudly, as some consumers might want to avoid THC for stigma concerns, upcoming drug tests, or other personal reasons. Much of the aforementioned entourage effect is still present in broad-spectrum CBD, but the specific effect when CBD and THC are combined is missing.
There is some evidence that marijuana users have superior erectile performance to non-users, which lends some credence to the argument in favor of full-spectrum extracts or even CBD products with elevated levels of THC in them.23
To recap quickly, CBD is a non-psychoactive component of cannabis plants (both hemp and marijuana) that offers various benefits to humans, including pain management and anti-anxiety effects. And THC is the psychoactive component of those same plants, which offers similar benefits alongside its mind-altering abilities.
Insider Tip: The “less than 0.3% THC'' figure does not imply that a given gummy contains 0.3% of the total CBD dose. It means that 0.3% of an entire gummy is THC. So, Neurogan’s 120mg CBD gummies don’t contain 0.36mg. They contain up to 0.3% of each 1.6g gummy, which equates to 4.8mg of THC per gummy — a significant dose. However, the “less than” does bear some meaning; lab testing indicates just 2.83mg THC in those 120mg gummies. That’s still enough THC for certain individuals to feel some slight effects, but it’s only 0.17% of the whole gummy.
Given how the THC content in a gummy is more closely related to the weight of the gummy than the dose of CBD, we find that third-party testing results that can confirm the specific THC content of a gummy are critical. This was a significant factor in our high regard for Neurogan.
Not all CBD products contain THC, but there’s a strong argument for having at least a little THC in your CBD.
In studies looking at CBD in isolation, its anti-anxiety effects were present but more often required significant doses compared to what you see on the market.3 But there’s no shortage of anecdotal evidence that many of these low-dose products have some efficacy when it comes to anxiety and pain management. But how can 25mg of CBD outperform 300mg of CBD used in a study?
The answer lies in what’s been dubbed the entourage effect.20 CBD and THC have garnered a lot of attention for their efficacy, which has been studied and characterized in dozens, if not hundreds, of studies over the years. But of the more than 100 other cannabinoids in cannabis plants, many offer similar benefits. The only problem is that studies into things like CBG, CBC, and CBN are few and far between. On their own, those studies show some promise, but these individual components don’t perform as well on their own as CBD and THC do.21
However, when studies provide participants with more complex CBD formulations that include a full spectrum of cannabinoids, including THC, CBG, CBN, CBC, and all their brothers and sisters, effects typically associated with CBD become more pronounced at lower doses.22 This is the entourage effect in action: When you combine CBD with THC and other effective cannabis constituents, you create an effect that’s greater than the sum of its parts.
In addition to full-spectrum extracts and gummies that can provide you with a small amount of THC and other cannabinoids, there are many products on the market that combine a full-spectrum CBD dose with a THC dose high enough to have subtle psychoactive effects. There is some evidence that marijuana users experience superior sexual experience and diminished dysfunction compared to non-users.23 While more research is needed to define this link, the theory is that the entourage effect is stronger for erectile performance when the THC dose is higher.
For that reason, among others, many CBD makers also offer products with higher levels of THC, typically between 2mg and 5mg. Our top pick from Medterra, the company’s Daily Delight, combines 25mg of CBD with 5mg of THC per gummy. At 5mg, there’s a very good chance you’ll feel some of the psychoactive effects of the THC, but Medterra also offers products with slightly less or no THC, which we’ll discuss below.
Best overall, best with an herbal sex blend, and best THC-free
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We were impressed with a lot of what Neurogan has to offer. The company has some of the highest CBD doses we’ve seen in its price class, as well as a variety of other CBD products that all live up to the company’s apparently high standards.
As we mentioned above, one of the issues with the “up to 0.3% THC” you’ll often see in full- and some broad-spectrum CBD products is that the percentage relates to the weight of the gummy itself, not to the dose of CBD. And since it’s “up to” 0.3% and not exactly 0.3%, it’s hard to know how much THC you might ingest with each gummy.
Neurogan’s publicly available third-party testing results provide you with this information. For example, our best overall CBD gummy for ED is Neurogan’s Full-Spectrum CBD Vegan Gummies. The third-party results for the 120mg dose clearly state that each gummy contains 2.83mg of THC per dose. That’s only a little more than half of the possible 0.3% THC per the gummies’ weight.
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In addition to that highly regarded full-spectrum product, Neurogan makes our preferred THC-free broad-spectrum CBD gummies. There are also several options for gummies containing THC, CBN, CBG, and more.
Despite the entourage effect's potential to increase the efficacy of relatively low CBD doses, we encourage men who've tried CBD in the past to consider the 120mg full-spectrum dose or at least consider working their way up to it. Neurogan offers that product in 45mg, 90mg, and 120mg doses, and our testers found it quite easy to bite the gummies in half with precision so that you can start with a dose as low as approximately 22.5mg.
This company also makes an outstanding CBD gummy with herbal sex-boosting ingredients in it. Neurogan Intimacy contains 100mg each of maca and epimedium (also known as horny goat weed). That’s far too low a dose of maca to be effective based on the research we’ve reviewed, which typically uses between 1.5 and 3 grams.31 But the epimedium dose is generous. Animal studies indicate an effective dose range of 15-150mg, putting Neurogan’s dose toward the high end.29
Compared to Enjoy Hemp’s Sex Gummies, which are available with either 50mg or 100mg CBD, Neurogan slightly exceeds the weaker of those options at 57mg. Its epimedium is a far superior choice of herbal sex ingredient than anything in Enjoy Hemp’s formula, as well. And it costs $5-$15 less than Enjoy Hemp’s 50mg option, depending on whether you subscribe.
However, that’s in a two-gummy dose. If you find that 50mg of epimedium and 23.5mg of CBD are enough for you (remember that doses as small as 15mg epimedium are effective in studies), you could double the value of that purchase.
If you want to venture outside of gummies for treatment, the company also has:
This wide variety of alternative consumption methods is pretty common among CBD companies, though Neurogan is the first company we’ve seen to offer CBD for horses, and not just dogs or cats.
Insider Tip: We typically don’t advise people to use site pop-ups designed to capture your email address for future marketing, even the ones that offer discounts, unless you’re totally sure you want to buy from a company. Neurogan has a “Spin the Wheel” pop-up, and if you know you’re planning to buy from them, we suggest you use it. One of our testers won a bottle of CBD oil worth $155.
Neurogan has some of the better prices out there for the amount of CBD you get per dose. That said, the sticker prices are higher than several competitors, which might make it harder for some people to start here if they’re still determining whether or not CBD could help with their ED. If you want to start here, Neurogan offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, allowing you to try the product for nearly a month to see if it helps.
Here’s a quick look at the subscription prices for some of our preferred products from Neurogan:
Price | Dose | Doses per bottle | Cost per dose | |
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Neurogan Full Spectrum 120mg | $56 | 120mg | 30 | $1.87 |
Neurogan Full Spectrum 45mg | $34 | 45mg | 30 | $1.13 |
Neurogan Pure Intimacy | $30 | 57mg | 20 | $1.50 |
Neurogan Full Spectrum CBD Oil 12,000mg | $139 | 100mg | 120 | $1.54 |
Neurogan CBD Mints | $34 | 80mg | 20 | $1.70 |
Compared to its competitors, Neurogan has one of the deepest discounts for subscribers that we’ve seen. So, if you decide CBD gummies are the answer for your ED, or you want to keep taking CBD products for other reasons, you can save 35% by subscribing. Medterra comes close with a discount that’s around 30% off for subscribers.
The company also offers the widest range of additional discounts for various walks of life, including:
Neurogan offers free shipping on orders over $70, which would apply to one bottle of the highest-dose full-spectrum gummies. The downside is that Neurogan had the slowest shipping times of any CBD product we’ve tested. While competitors’ products arrived 3-7 days after ordering, it took a whole 12 days for our Neurogan products to arrive.
Our testers have tried several Neurogan products, including the company's oils, gummies, and mints. The team's specific experiences with Neurogan's high-dose Full Spectrum CBD Gummies have been entirely positive. Each 120mg CBD gummy contains about 2.8mg THC, so the dominant feeling comes from the CBD. That includes a general sense of relaxation and clarity.
But that relatively small amount of THC was also enough to tickle the CB1 and CB2 receptors responsible for THC’s particular effects. It wasn’t enough to create a feeling of being high for any of our testers, but there was an undeniable pleasantness to the experience that broad-spectrum and isolate CBD products lacked.
It's hard to say whether the large CBD dose provided the product's admirable efficacy on its own or if the entourage effect with that THC dose was a part of the result, as well. But our testers preferred the experience to the other products we tried.
The one downside to these products is that the company packs a lot of CBD and a little THC into a pretty small gummy. That means the watermelon and wild berry flavors are present but can’t compete with the hemp flavor coming from the active ingredients. It was by no means unpleasant, but other gummies — specifically those from Medterra — tasted better.
Best THC-focused and best-tasting
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For men looking to THC to provide the most potent entourage effect alongside a relatively low dose of CBD, Medterra has a few products that could fit the bill. Our preferred offering among them is the company’s Daily Delight, which are gummies containing a combination of 25mg CBD and 5mg THC. That’s certainly enough THC for the average person to feel some of the substance’s psychotropic effects, and it will most definitely show up on a drug test.
Medterra has some CBD products, including gummies, that offer little to no THC. The best among them for ED is likely the company's Keep Calm gummies, which combine 25mg of broad-spectrum CBD with 125mg of Sensoril ashwagandha. Other THC-free CBD products from Medterra tend to include ingredients like melatonin, and you don't want to fall asleep when you're trying to get something started in the bedroom. However, if you're interested in an ashwagandha-based CBD gummy, we prefer Green Roads' Stress Aways, which use a more potent ashwagandha we'll discuss below.
In addition to its gummy lineup, Medterra also offers oils, seltzers, capsules, and topicals containing CBD. There are also products for cats and dogs. The lineup is less extensive than Neurogan's, and it doesn't include any standalone THC products. It also only has one product containing a minor cannabinoid in its CBD+CBG oil. Neurogan is a better stop for THC and minor cannabinoid products.
If you’re new to CBD and don’t want to spend too much money up-front, Medterra’s prices will be pretty attractive. Should you find that CBD gummies work for your ED and that you don’t need too much THC content to employ the entourage effect for that use, you might eventually move to another company to save more money over time. But if a large THC dose seems like an integral part of your treatment, this is probably the best place to get it.
Here’s what you stand to pay for our preferred Medterra product, Daily Delight:
Medterra Daily Delight 20ct | Medterra Daily Delight 40ct | Medterra Daily Delight 60ct | |
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One-time purchase price | $39.99 | $67.99 | $89.99 |
One-time cost per dose | $2.00 | $1.70 | $1.50 |
Subscription purchase price | $27.99 | $47.59 | $62.99 |
Subscription cost per dose | $1.40 | $1.19 | $1.05 |
You can bring the price per dose down significantly if you subscribe to the largest bottle. But Medterra limits your subscription windows to one or two months only. You'd have to take at least one gummy per day not to develop a backlog over a long period. Neurogan, by contrast, allows for 1-, 2-, or 3-month delivery windows. That said, you can pause your subscription without penalty (though a pause only lasts for six months, so you’ll have to unpause and pause again if you don’t just want to cancel outright).
Medterra’s free shipping threshold is around the same as Neurogan’s ($75 and $70, respectively), but it’s a bit harder to hit that number buying from Medterra, as it has many options in the $30-$40 range. If you don’t meet that threshold, shipping is calculated by location. For shipments to the NYC area, our team paid $4.80.
Like Neurogan, Medterra offers a simple 30-day money-back guarantee.
While the relatively small THC dose in Neurogan’s 120mg CBD gummies added to the overall effect without giving our testers the feeling of being high, Medterra’s 5mg dose was noticeably stronger. What’s fascinating is that the 25mg of CBD really benefited from that high THC dose, creating a palpable entourage effect that elevated it to what our testers initially experienced when biting Neurogan’s 120mg gummies in half.
This particular test creates evidence that is purely anecdotal, but we found that Medterra’s 25mg CBD and 5mg THC performed on par with an equivalent of roughly 60mg CBD and 1.4mg THC from Neurogan — at least along the lines of CBD’s expected effects. The overall effect of Neurogan’s full 120mg CBD dose seemed more pronounced without the heavier THC impact.
Medterra’s also had the best-tasting gummies, according to our testers. As we discussed higher up in this piece, CBD and THC impart flavors that are earthy and a little bitter to the products that include them. We’ve found that citrus flavors seem to be the best option for balancing against those flavors, and the citrus flavor among Daily Delight’s multi-flavored combination was a runaway winner for taste.
Best with ashwagandha
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We were pleased to find several companies combining CBD with ashwagandha in our research. Not only does ashwagandha have anti-anxiety effects, which we’ve discussed as the primary benefit for CBD as an ED treatment, but it’s also been connected with improved testosterone levels in some studies.24 That’s led many testosterone supplement manufacturers to build their products around ashwagandha.
Medterra has a product with ashwagandha that nearly beat out Green Roads for the “Best with ashwagandha” consideration. But that product uses Sensoril ashwagandha, a branded form of ashwagandha extract that isn’t as potent as the KSM-66 ashwagandha you’ll find in Green Roads’ Stress Aways.
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Any good ashwagandha extract will have a standardized percentage of withanolides — the substance in ashwagandha responsible for most of its benefits.25 Sensoril is standardized to 10% withanolides, whereas KSM-66 is standardized to 20%. That means Green Roads’ ashwagandha is twice as potent. And Green Roads’ ashwagandha dose is 150mg, compared to the 125mg in Medterra’s Keep Calm Gummies.
The downside here is that Green Roads makes its Stress Aways with CBD isolate, which is our least favorite kind of CBD. Compared to full-spectrum or broad-spectrum CBD, isolate offers no potential entourage effect from other cannabinoids. However, for anyone trying to be very strict about ensuring not even trace amounts of THC get into their system, isolate is the way to go.
Green Roads also carries numerous CBD products, with a catalog that lands in between Neurogan and Medterra for breadth. Unlike those companies, however, Green Roads also offers some nootropic products, CBD coffees, and chocolate bars.
Green Roads Stress Aways come in either a 10-pack or a 30-pack for the following prices:
Green Roads Stress Aways 10-pack | Green Roads Stress Aways 30-pack | |
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One-time purchase price | $19.99 | $49.99 |
One-time cost per dose | $2.00 | $1.67 |
Subscription purchase price | N/A | $39.99 |
Subscription cost per dose | N/A | $1.33 |
Frustratingly, Green Roads doesn't offer a subscription option for its 10-pack. It would be nice if the company could still offer this, even if it didn't give an added discount, simply for the convenience it offers in not having to remember to re-order. Most other companies in this guide offer subscriptions on all of their packages.
Green Roads’ free shipping threshold is a bit lower than others, coming in at $59, but none of its Stress Aways packs reach that on their own. Like other companies in this guide, Green Roads offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Given our knowledge of and experience testing ashwagandha, we were curious to see how it would behave alongside CBD, even if that CBD were an isolate. Interestingly, our testers found that the combination outperformed straightforward CBD isolates they’d tried in the past. There’s no research we could find claiming that ashwagandha could support a kind of entourage effect with CBD, but our experiences with the combination felt similar to those carried off by other cannabinoid entourages.
The flavor of Stress Aways wasn’t great. The cherry managed to cover up the hemp flavor to an extent, but it only did so by being too heavy in its own right. If you really like cherry flavoring, you might enjoy it more than we did.
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If you’ve come across some of the many nutritional supplements on the market claiming to help with ED, and you're not sure whether to try those or a CBD product, you’ll find that Enjoy Hemp’s Sex Gummies satisfy both approaches. They contain either 50mg or 100mg CBD doses with 50mg each of four herbal ingredients that boast some clinical evidence they can help with ED.
The big caveat here is that, of those four herbal ingredients, only one is present in a dose high enough to compare with successful clinical studies. It’s also worth noting that nearly all of the studies associated with these ingredients’ potential for erectile performance were either conducted on rats or on smooth penile muscle samples in vitro.
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The damiana in Enjoy Hemp Sex Gummies is the only herbal ingredient here with a clinically significant dose. One prominent study in rats found efficacy in recovering erectile function when using doses with human equivalents ranging from 30mg to 145mg in a 200lb man.26 Enjoy Hemp’s 50mg is on the low end of that range, but it’s still within effective doses.
Maca is the only one of the remaining three ingredients to have somewhat successful human trials with regard to ED, but those studies utilized between 1,200mg and 2,400mg.27 Compared to those numbers, Enjoy Hemp’s 50mg seems rather paltry. The final two ingredients, schisandra and muira puama, suffer a similar fate through the conversion of the doses in their animal trials, which results in doses far higher than those in this product.28
All that said, there are very few CBD products that also utilize sex-oriented herbs and come from trustworthy companies. Among those, Enjoy Hemp’s offering earned a spot on our list thanks to its dosing and the use of full-spectrum CBD over broad-spectrum or isolate. However, the horny goat weed in Neurogan’s Pure Intimacy is superior to any of the herbal ingredients included in Enjoy Hemp Sex Gummies.
Enjoy Hemp recently started offering a subscription plan for its gummies, which can reduce the price by 10%.
50mg gummies | 100mg gummies | |
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One-time purchase | $44.99 | $60.00 |
Cost per dose (one-time purchase) | $1.50 | $2.00 |
Subscription | $40.49 | $54.00 |
Cost per dose (subscription) | $1.35 | $1.80 |
Based on the research we've conducted, the higher dose may be superior for most men. Still, we encourage you to start with the 50mg gummies here, as the potential effects of CBD in combination with these other ingredients have yet to be studied. If you feel good taking the 50mg and want to try the 100mg dose, you could always take two of the 50mg gummies and see how you feel.
Enjoy Hemp has the highest free shipping threshold of any company in our guide, asking you to spend $100 before free shipping kicks in. If you don’t reach that amount, shipping is $9.99. That’s significantly higher than shipping costs from others.
Enjoy Hemp also has the weakest return policy in the group. The other three companies in this guide offer you 30-day money-back guarantees, but Enjoy Hemp states that all of its sales are final.
At 50mg, Enjoy Hemp Sex’s full-spectrum CBD will likely have some effect on most users. That’s even more true when you upgrade to the 100mg dose. Compared to other CBD products we tried, Sex’s herbal blend didn’t have a noticeable impact. The gummies provided comparable relaxation to similar CBD doses from others.
The question is whether the herbal ingredients would make a meaningful difference in erectile performance. And while we were able to ascertain that they have anxiolytic effects, we were not in a position to test their ability to influence cGMP, nitric oxide, or other physical biomarkers associated with erectile performance.
In addition to the anti-anxiety effects, however, we were able to test the taste of these gummies. Unfortunately, they were the least enjoyable gummies of our testing group. The underlying mixed fruit flavor was fine, and it masked the CBD well enough, but the herbal ingredients added a tremendous amount of bitterness to the flavor.
CBD gummies have a relatively narrow potential for treating ED, and there are numerous other interventions on the market that may be good substitutes for CBD or could even partner with it to increase your results. Our team has surveyed this landscape for years, so let’s take a quick look at two noteworthy CBD alternatives.
By far, prescription PDE-5 inhibitors like Viagra and Cialis are among the most effective, most well-researched ED interventions available.1 There is far less stigma around their use today than when they first came out, and their safety profiles are well-established.
There are numerous places you can get ED meds online — including a doctor consultation and prescription, as well as discreet delivery to your home — but our typical recommendation for most men is BlueChew. It offers individually wrapped chewable versions of three PDE-5 inhibitors, including the generic forms of Viagra and Cialis.
There’s no shortage of nutritional supplements on the market aimed at men with ED. They include a wide range of ingredients, one of the most common and relatively effective of which is Epimedium sagittatum, also known as horny goat weed. Some studies support its efficacy for ED, and other ingredients found in these supplements also have some clinical backing.29 If your ED is more physiological than psychological, these may be an answer, but it may also be safe to take these alongside a CBD gummy. We just recommend speaking to your doctor first.
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