An Experience Using Curcumin For Psoriatic Arthritis

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   seanxd

   <p>I agree, my arthritis was so bad I had to go on medicine because I am so young and my joints will be really F'd up in the future, but in addition to medicine, I take turmeric pills every day, just to give me a little boost &#128521;</p>

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      martin

      <p>Good to see it's working for someone else !!. I've found a place that does 500mg pills, just curcumin and biopirine , so getting a good 'hit' from that now. Hope things go well for you SeanXD, it's a horrible illness at any age, but as you say, being young has got to be really frustrating. <br> Just keep taking the meds, and always ask questions (no such thing as too many questions).</p>

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   Diane T Moderator

   <p>I am on my 3rd month of using curcumin. I spoke to my doctor first before starting this. We did a trial and error sort of thing. I stop taking my medication altogether. I started using curcumin. I felt pretty good for the first 3 weeks and than the pain started coming back. I was taking 4 pills a day before curcumin so I added in one pill to see if there was any difference. I was still in too much pain, so I added in 2 pain pills a day with the curcumin. It has been 3 months and I'm still taking 2 pain pills a day a long with the curcumim. My question to you is how much curcumin do you used a day?</p>

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      martin

      <p>Hi Diane. <br> Like you say, it's very much trial and error. I researched many pills and found one that contains only curcumin and bioperine (some contain less curcumin, but are padded out with things like tomato, garlic etc). The one I'm using is giving me 500mg of curcumin per pill (I take 2 daily). <br> As I said though Diane, it has helped with the inflammation side of things, enabling me to cut my prescribed anti-inflammatory pills. I still get pain, but that comes from damage already done and unfortunately only a miracle can do anything about that lol. <br> Also, as we are all reminded, this is a progressive disease, so we can only manage it, we can't irradiate it. <br> What I have found though is, with the inflammation being more under control I am relying less on my daily dose of painkillers. <br> Don't get me wrong, I am still having bad days where I am taking tramadol etc, but thankfully these days seem to be getting further apart and not a daily ritual. <br> Good luck with your progress Diane, as you must know this horrible disease will try to find ways to beat our best efforts, so keep trying new things, keep asking questions and most of all, keep positive. <br> Thanks <br> Martin</p>

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   ClairG Moderator

   <p><inline-mention user-id="3307681" username="martin"/> thank you for sharing this. I am using cucurim and feeling a little, disheartened by the lack of results. I will stick it out a little longer.</p>

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   VickiN Moderator

   <p>So pleased that you have seen measurable improvement! <br> -Victoria, Community Moderator</p>

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   dfbruce47

   <p>VickiN Would you like to provide a "tip" for a new app for newly diagnosed patients with PsA? You don't have to give your name or email - just a tip that's helped you or what to watch out for with psoriatic arthritis. I can post the link for the tip. Thank you. Dr. Debra Bruce (medical writer/author)</p>

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