Tumeric for Arthritis

Recently our 12 year old Shih Tzu developed arthritis in one of his legs. He was given an anti-inflammatory (similar to Ibuprofen or Motrin) by his vet. This worked great but gave him an upset stomach and vomiting.

That was when our friend Ria suggested tumeric. I had never heard of these properties - but there was actually a good study last year that showed, in people, that it is equivalent in efficacy to ibuprofen! And it worked! Our dog is doing much better

In that study patients were given 1500 mg of the extract daily. This is not a huge amount - and probably corresponds to about 1/2-1 teaspoon of organic tumeric daily.

Clin Interv Aging. 2014 Mar 20;9:451-8. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S58535. eCollection 2014.

I don't know why this study has not had more publicity. I have many patients who cannot take ibuprofen and need something to help their joints.