Q. After listening to your radio show and reading about the anti-inflammatory effects of turmeric, I called a local health food store to get some. I had been having lower back pain and hip pain chronically off and on (mostly on) within the past ten months, and I figured, why not try it? I bought the brand “Curamin” from EuroPharma, Inc.
We were just starting on a trip to Italy and I was very nervous about the effects of the flight on my back. I started taking the pills a day before we left and have continued, reducing the dose to a couple of pills a week. My pain has mostly disappeared. I have also been drinking pineapple juice so maybe the combination has more of an effect, but I am convinced that Curamin is working for me.
A. We can’t address the specific product Curamin. It may contain other natural compounds in addition to curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric.
More than 150 scientific articles have been published investigating the anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin. Indian researchers recently confirmed this activity through molecular biology (International Immunopharmacology, Dec. 15, 2007).
