Curcumin 95 Supplement - Turmeric Extract Supplement, 500 mg for Antioxidant & Joint Support, 60 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!

Love this product! Good quality!

My uncle is a recently retired trauma care nurse. My mother told him of my problems with pain (primarily back pain). He recommended Jarrow Formulas Curcumin 95, 500mg. To give you an idea of the pain I deal with: I have had surgery on my back for 2 herniated discs. I've also had acupuncture, exercise, physical therapy, massage, drugs and a partridge in a pear tree. Just kidding about the last one. I constantly renew my prescription for Vicodin and Robaxin to assist me with the pain. I now have to take twice the amount I originally did of both in order for them to help me at all, as needed. I ordered this product and had a need for it following a long day at work. In the past natural remedies tended to take a while if they worked at all so my hopes were not high. I did not take Vicodin or Robaxin or anything else prior to taking this for the first time. I was surprised to find that the relief was almost immediate. I only take one capsule at a time when needed and so far just need to take maybe 3 a day over the course of many hours at the worst times. I have not noticed any side effects which is a welcomed perk considering every man-made prescription tends to come with a laundry list of regrets to consider. My 74 year old father still works 5 days a week. He does not like taking medications but has tried this after seeing my results. He too finds that it helps him with just one capsule and is glad to have it. Recently my 68 y/o mother was working in the yard quite a bit. Later that day as she sat at the kitchen table eating her knee swelled up tremendously and became quite painful. My father gave her one of these capsules and she immediately noticed the pain diminish. My sister took her to the emergency room but after several hours of waiting mom decided to just go back home since the pain was gone and the swelling also almost completely gone. Mom is a bit paranoid about medications and such but she has since asked me to order her and my father their own bottle. Your mileage may vary but at least for us and for now we 4 will all swear by it. Nope, I don't have any association with the company, Amazon or benefit in any way from this review. Just letting you know my/our experience with this product. To be honest if I hadn't gotten such dramatic results (good or bad) I probably wouldn't have bothered to sit here writing all this. Good luck to you.

My mom says lesser swell helps at least.

Its giving some swelling in my fingers. Results average.