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My wife, in excruciating pain for many years from a herniated disc, fibromyalgia, and fractures from a fall, tried this one night after praying for relief which OTC painkillers were not helping (prescription painkillers had too many side effects). It worked! As a chemical engineer I had been scoffing at all the supplements she had been buying. But I recalled from Chemistry 101 that willowbark was the precursor to chemical aspirin, i.e Bayer. I researched it and learned that a standard capsule of 400mg has an aspirin equivalent of 248mg. But that is less than a standard size aspirin tablet with 325mg, how could that help? When I read that natural willowbark does not corrode the stomach like chemical aspirin does, and that it is absorbed differently and more quickly, I became more interested. One could take Six capsules per day. I advised my wife to try one capsule every 4 hours - no pain; then one every 6 hours, - no pain; then one every 12 hours - no pain! I had been applying 5% Lidocaine patches to her back each night so she could sleep. No longer needed! She takes a capsule every 12 hours but sometimes forgets because the pain is gone. But the pain does return, though not so intense, if she goes beyond 12 hours between capsules. She tried another brand and insists that it did not provide relief like Solarsy. Strangely, she does not recall why she bought willowbark or even that it had pain-relieving qualities nor why it was sitting on her nightstand. So she attributes this whole discovery to her prayer that night, though she had been praying fervently for pain relief for many years! A mystery. But a welcome one. No more screams from pain! No more anguished look on her face. FYI - I am retired and have no connection with the suppliers nor any pharmaceutical entities nor any financial interests in such.