I've had psoriatic arthritis for 8 years and in Feb 2010 got a very bad flare up in my knee. I had avoided taking any TNF inhibitor up to this point because the dangerous side effects really scared me but my pain was so bad this time I thought I'd have to give in. Of course my doctors told me the only thing that would give me relief were these dangerous drugs. I did some research on my own and found an herb called Turmeric that, believe it or not, has specific anti TNF properties. I bought some and have only been taking it for 5 days but I am already seeing significant improvement. I haven't taken it long enough yet to say I'm cured but I've already improved enough that I can say I have stopped considering taking any of those dangerous drugs. I also take about 4,000 mg of fish oil per day too, that may have helped too. Do a Google search on Turmeric, you'll find tons of good info on it including a good article in Time magazine written by a physician. Best of luck to all of you.
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I've had psoriatic arthritis for 8 years and in Feb 2010 got a very bad flare up in my knee. I had avoided taking any TNF inhibitor up to this point because the dangerous side effects really scared me but my pain was so bad this time I thought I'd have to give in. Of course my doctors told me the only thing that would give me relief were these dangerous drugs. I did some research on my own and found an herb called Turmeric that, believe it or not, has specific anti TNF properties. I bought some and have only been taking it for 5 days but I am already seeing significant improvement. I haven't taken it long enough yet to say I'm cured but I've already improved enough that I can say I have stopped considering taking any of those dangerous drugs. I also take about 4,000 mg of fish oil per day too, that may have helped too. Do a Google search on Turmeric, you'll find tons of good info on it including a good article in Time magazine written by a physician. Best of luck to all of you.
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