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This is the second Curcumin extract I've tried, and I recommend the INNOVIX LABS product based on my results using it for osteoarthritis and those of a friend who has also used it. In fact, I initially researched this particular extract for a friend who was suffering from a recurrence of endometriosis symptoms just months after laparascopic surgery. After lots of reading, mostly from medical journals and clinical studies, it was clear that Turmeric, and Curcumin in particular, would be of some benefit to her. I'd been taking another curcumin product, which I also mix into my dogs' food every day because one of my dogs had contracted a tickborne disease which affects the GI tract, and a friend who's a vet recommended a high protein, high fat diet with curcumin after antibiotics were only partially successful. In all of my reading it became clear that the bioavailability of the Curcumin extract was critical. Most extracts, like the one I use for my dogs, is in a powdered form which must be dissolved in hot water and taken with lipids to allow it to be absorbed by the small intestine. A major factor in my decision to use the INNOVIX LABS product was a review by RWM; I did some further reading based on that comment and it was impossible to argue with the numbers, so I purchased a bottle for my friend, and one for myself. My friend reported a major improvement in her condition after only 3 days, taking two capsules each day. After more than a month she is still pain free and feels more energetic as well. In my case the results have been equally positive if not as dramatic. I've been taking Celebrex (200 mg twice a day) for 15 years for osteoarthritis, and it works very well, but it is expensive. I've tried other NSAID's with no success. If I miss two doses in a row, I am racked with pain, so even though I sometimes forget my medicines, the pain makes it hard to forget my Celebrex. But after taking this Curcumin product for two weeks, my prescription for Celebrex ran out, and I kept forgetting to pick up my refill. When another prescription ran out, I finally remembered to stop by the pharmacy, and realized that I had gone 6 days and nights without any Celebrex and had not been crippled by pain. The only change in my diet and intake was the INNOVIX LABS Curcumin, but I was still somewhat cynical. That's when I called my friend (who lives in another state) and asked if she'd been taking the Curcumin I sent her, and she said yes, that's when she began feeling better. I take a number of supplements, none of which I would spend money on if I didn't believe they were of some benefit, but this is the only product which I can say has shown a direct and almost immediate benefit, for both myself and my friend. The potential cost savings for someone like me is well over two thousand dollars a year compared to Celebrex, and there's no way to put a value on the improvement it's made in quality of life for my friend.