Turmeric For Joint Pain.

[Tilly2]

Does anyone take these food supplement for arthritis joint pain? If so, how do you find them? Do they work for you?

[burlyshirley]

I took them for a while and no, they didn't work for me.

[Tilly2]

Thanks for that, Shirley.

[burlyshirley]

What did work though was a product called Seatone (extract of green lipped mussels). I would recommend this, although I do know different things work for different people.

[Rosie29]

I wanted to try turmeric but I understand it reacts badly with blood thinners. It inflames the stomach lining I suppose in the same way that ibuprofen does and that is discouraged as well if you are taking blood thinners.

[Tilly2]

Thanks Rosie. I am not taking blood thinners but will be aware that it might cause an upset stomach. I'll have a look at Seatone, Shirley. Thank you for the recommendation.

[Barsel]

There are different types of arthritis and some things that work for rheumatoid don't necessarily work for osteoarthritis.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Barsel. I don't have rheumatoid arthritis, thankfully. I have twinges of osteoarthritis and also osteoporosis.

I'm looking for something to take away those twinges. :-)

[burlyshirley]

I can only reiterate Tilly, Seatone did that for me with my twinges. Good luck.

[dannyk13]

Tilly, I have osteoarthritis and find the best painkiller is 30/500 Cocodamol tablets.I don't think that any food supplements would help.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I have taken Tumeric with black pepper -pipperade I think you call it) for 6 years for RA and I think it takes the edge off inflammatory pain. I stopped for a while and had to resume taking anti inflammatory first thing in the morning. It takes about 4 weeks to get into your system properly. these are the ones I take

https://www.naturisimo.com/products.cfm?id=6162&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping&utm_term=&utm_content=Shopping_bing_Products&msclkid=ac03881c3f7c15c23eb8d75a1915aae7

[Baldric]

Kate swears by it (from Holland and Barrett)

[Sqad]

Supplements for musculoskeletal disorders is abracadabra medicine in that the evidence that they help is at best or at worst, no reliable evidence at all......in my opinion.
For these" twinges" might I suggest Paracetamol or Ibuprofen.
It is your money and you want to go down that road then that is fine.

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Danny, APG and Baldric. I'll have a look at those options.

Thank you Squad but paracetamol and ibuprofen don't seem to make any difference to me.

[Tilly2]

Just seen that Melv asked about it last year.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Question1657739-2.html

[AuntPollyGrey]

Sqad ibuprofen is an anti inflammatory, so is Tumeric with black pepper. Its been used for 1000's of years and I'm sure if it was just 'abracadabra' medicine it would not have stood the test of time. Ah....Placebo effect I hear you mutter....well I have horses on it that were taking 3 grams of phenylbutazone every day for arthritis, they are now on half that dose, along with the Turmeric, with the same mobility they had when taking the higher dose of bute. Its obviously a complimentary medicine for both animals and humans and works long term, not for acute attacks.

[pastafreak]

I've used fresh turmeric to make a tea...bit of a messy faff. Yellow fingers! But it seemed helpful.
I found dietary changes made a difference. No wheat (gluten?), as it's inflammatory.
But what works for me may not work for someone else.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I developed Gluten intolerance due to RA and I think gluten can aggravate auto-immune conditions but not sure about osteoarthritis. To make the most of Turmeric it should be taken in conjunction with Black Pepper which increases its effectiveness around 300 times.

[margarettom]

I find ibuprofen gels work for my arthritic twinges.

[pastafreak]

Yes...that's what I did.
I just had a rummage in my bookmarks. Here's the recipe I used. Think I may make it again as my knees have been shouting at me.

https://www.turmericlife.com.au/blogs/recipes/turmeric-recipes-golden-paste

[alavahalf]

Strangely enough I have recently had food intolerence testing done. It would now appear that my long term mystery illness has been caused by yeast. After finding this out, I have done research galore and removed yeast completely from my diet .. easier said than done, because it would appear that if it comes in a packet or a box, it seems to have yeast in it !
The effect was immediate from day one and for the first time in years I don't feel constantly fatigued. As a rule as soon as the weather changes and gets damp, I suffer badly with pains in my joints. All this time I have been blaming arthritis. One of the side effects of a yeast intolerance, is joint pain. Our weather has now changed for the worse and at this stage, I have no pain !
Early days yet, so I dont know whether to put it down to the yeast free diet or the Turmeric I have been taking, knowing that the pain was soon to arrive. It really would be a great result if it is the yeast that has been causing the pain, I will continue with the Turmeric in the mean time.