Poor bioavailability and limited adverse effects reported by some investigators are a major limitation to the therapeutic utility of curcumin. (Subash, Gupta, Sridevi Patchva, & Bharat, 2012)
Using black pepper containing piperine added to curcumin increases it’s bioavailability by 2000%, using the same amount of curcumin. (turmeric-bioavailability, 2016)
Curcumin appears to be well-tolerated and safe, it provided the expected results among depressed patients.
Planned larger duration controlled trials and larger sample sizes are required with follow-up studies. (Ng , Koh, Chan, & Ho, 2017)
Inflammation, be it acute or chronic, plays a major factor in some of the following diseases, obesity progression, type II diabetes, arthritis, pancreatitis, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases and certain types of cancer. Turmeric has a long history of use in Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. (Shehzad, Rehman, & Lee, 2012)
From a search of 16 clinical studies three supported the use of cats claw used alone or in a combination for osteoarthritis (OA). Two others for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with omega-3 fatty acids and supported. (Rosenbaum, O’Mathúna, Chavez, & Shields, 2010)
Early human clinical trials demonstrated beneficial effects for dyspepsia, peptic ulcer, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, uveitis, orbital pseudotumor, (swelling of tissue behind the eye in an area called the orbit) and pancreatic cancer.
Curcumin is well-tolerated; the most common side effects are nausea and diarrhoea. (Asher & Spelman , 2013)
Recent studies confirm curcumin’s low bioavailability, this has been known for some time, by pairing with black pepper which contains piperine, bioavailability is increased by 2000%. (turmeric-bioavailability, 2016)
The primary study endpoints were a reduction in Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28, the secondary endpoints included American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for reduction in tenderness and swelling of joint scores.
The researchers found all three treatment groups showed statistically significant changes in their DAS scores, the curcumin only group showed the highest percentage of improvement in overall DAS and ACR scores.
More importantly, curcumin treatment was found to be safe and did not relate with any adverse events. (Sayer, 2013)
The second issue would be to see is what effect the added piperine has on adverse effects.
References
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23594449
Ng , Q. X., Koh, S. S., Chan, H. W., & Ho, C. Y. (2017, February 21). pubmed/28236605. Retrieved from ncbi.nlm.nih: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28236605
Rosenbaum, C. C., O’Mathúna, D. P., Chavez, M., & Shields, K. (2010, April 2016). 20232616. Retrieved from pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20232616
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