Jarrow Formulas Turmeric Curcumin Supplement - Curcumin 95, Turmeric Supplements, 500 mg for Antioxidant & Joint Support, 120 Capsules

I was skeptical about this stuff, but encouraged my mother to take turmeric for her fibromyalgia when she was having a painful bout. When she said it worked, I started taking it for various aches & pains I had & was very surprised at how well it worked. After researching it online & reading everything I could, I decided to try the Curcumin since it's supposed to have the highest concentrate of what works. I've been very happy with it & plan to order more. I have arthritis, carpal tunnel & tendonitis in one of my hands, so it aches most of the time. The same hand had a hard bump on the outside top of the hand that never stopped hurting for 2 years. I also had 3 trigger fingers aggrivating me. One shot of steroids in one finger sent my diabetes crazy & gave me the same side effects as oral steroids(yes, I know it's not supposed to, but I didn't know I was already severely vitamin D deficient & steroids leach the vitamin D out of your body-that's the only thing I can figure) & didn't help the pain or locking of my finger at all! So, I didn't go back for more treatment on the fingers or the hand, I just dealt with the pain & inconvenience - for 2 years. Soon after taking the turmeric, the pain in my hands decreased considerably. Taking the straight Curcumin, the pain is completely gone & so is all 3 trigger fingers!I also seem to have a lot of overall stiffness & body pain, grocery shopping leaves me sore for a couple of days. When I get out of my chair (or bed), I hobble like I'm 20 years older than I am. If I take the curcumin on a daily basis, I don't have a problem except when it's cold. Occasionally, I forget to take it for a week or so, then it takes some thinking to figure out why I'm so stiff & sore again!My mom's cousin (who's in her 70s) injured her knee & was dx with arthritis also, The doctor told her the pain medication would only help a little & she would probably need a knee replacement. She could barely get around, driving, shopping, running errands, or cooking left her in so much pain she couldn't get out of her chair & hurt for a couple of days afterwards. I bought & mailed her a bottle of turmeric, them told her how to use it. The recovery has been miraculous! She calls me on a regular basis to tell me she loves me for sending it because she has her life back again! She says that although her knee is sore when she comes home, all she needs to do is rest a couple of hours & she's good to go! I'm thinking of sending her a bottle of this.I really believe it's made a miraculous difference! Something I forgot to add, is that from what I've read, this works better if taken with a little fat. So, I usually take it with my dinner, with some bread & butter, or a spoonful of coconut oil. I think it does seem to make a difference doing this,UPDATE ($/2013): I quit taking this for about a month & I began to notice that the aches & pains were coming back gradually - including the trigger finger. Everything that hurt before is hurting again. So I know the curcumin makes a huge difference in how I feel!My neighbor recently had a flare up of something they haven't been able to dx. They thought it was Bells' Palsy & she spent weeks in intense pain from it before, with a swollen face. Not knowing what it is, the doctors were treating it as best they could, but she said it was barely touching the pain. I gave her a few days worth of my curcumin & she said it worked better than anything the doctors gave her, so she ordered some for herself.I think the biggest testament is my teenage son. He was recently shot with a high velocity bb gun that went almost completely through his arm from bottom to top & lodged in his bicep muscle. He was in such severe pain that the prescription pain killers the ER doctor gave him only took his pain from an "11" to a "7" according to him. He couldn't move or bend his arm at all for 2 days I gave him 3 of these capsules before bed, without telling him what they were for & the next morning he was able to bend his arm with very little pain! I continued 3 capsules, 2 times a day for 3 days until he refused to take them anymore. He has trouble swallowing them & the powder comes back up & makes him cough. The pain did came back, but not as bad), but he said he'd rather deal with that than choke on the powder. I had not expected the qucik action of the curcumin, I thought it had to build up over a few days/weeks, but with him it acted almost immediatly - and he didn't know what it was for, so it wasn't in his head!

The best on the market will work wonders on your joints , after taking it for 3 years I can walk 5 miles easily, still use it everyday

This is a supplement that you can’t really tell is working, until you stop using it. Yes, it’s expensive. However it ends up being about $20 a month if you take 2 pills a day- which for me I need two a day about 1,000 mg of Curcumin. For awhile now I have had the worst hip and leg pain at night, to the point sleeping is difficult, I toss and turn all night because my legs just ache, this takes it away on most nights/ takes the edge off on the worse ones.

I recently tore my rotator cuff and am determined to avoid surgery. After much research, I determined that Curcumin would be a better option than NSAIDs to reduce inflammation while I try to rehabilitate with immobilization and then physical therapy. I found several references to evaluations that determined that Jarrow's formulas are actually as advertised. My local nutritionist thinks they put a lot of science behind their formulations. At any rate, I have used Curcumin 95 for about 3 weeks. My shoulder pain has decreased significantly but is not completely gone. I expect it will take more time to rehabilitate, but I am happy to avoid some of the complications that might be caused by long-term NSAIDs. I have had three pleasant coincidental surprises, however. I have arthritis in my hands, and no longer feel pain in the mornings as I used to. Additionally, I have had plaque psoriasis in my scalp for 40 years, and while it is not completely gone, it's pretty close. The terrible itching and flaking has almost completely disappeared...just a few small raised bumps that seem to be decreasing with time. If curcumin 95 can get rid of my psoriasis, it will be a miracle...I've tried nearly every steroid my doctor offers. Thirdly, and I don't know if it is just coincidence or caused by the circumin, I had two small cysts on my back that spontaneously drained after takingthe Jarrow pills for a week and have not refilled. The only reason I didn't give this formula a 5 star rating is because I had to buy biopiperine to make it more bioavailable. Others have given poor ratings to this formula because it omits this ingredient (but for the most part, they are not verified purchases and I suspect the reviews are from competitors). The reviews have a point, however, because curcumin does require additional compounds to make it effective. I have wondered about the formulas that contain Longvida, which is bound to oils so that it crosses the brain barrier and is even more bioavailable. I may try these next time.