International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access

Department of Physical Medicine, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Micro Active Plus Curcumin Reduces Pain in Patients with Osteoarthritis
  Author(s): Christopher Topar, Luke Stancs, Janice Havansy, Sarika Shah, Lior Cohen, Anushka Bhat, Jaskomal Phagoora and Kaitlin Carroll*
  
  Background: Naturally occurring anti-inflammatories, such as curcumin, have the potential to decrease pain in patients with symptomatic Osteo Arthritis (OA) and allow them to increase their physical activity without serious side effects. Despite the low bioavailability of pure curcumin, it has been shown to reduce pro-inflammatory molecules. Research has shown that Micro Active plus Curcumin has 9.7x more bioavailability than 95% pure curcumin powder. Purpose: This current study aimed to compare the standard dose of naproxen (220 mg twice daily) to Micro Active plus Curcumin (500 mg twice daily) in the pain reduction in patients, diagnosed with symptomatic OA. Results: There were 100 patients included in this study that were randomized into one of two groups, for a total of 50 patients per group. There were no diff.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9096.23.11.665

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