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TURMERIC FOR RA AND CROHN'S

Posted By Magdalena (New York, NY) on 09/30/2012

Hi, My son suffers from rheumatoid arthritis which co-exists with his Crohn's disease. His GI doctor put him on Azulfadine and within 2 days his symptoms began to disappear but sadly on the third day of the Azulfadine dosage, my son developed a red skin rash accompanied with high fever and diarrhea; he became severely dehydrated. The doctor immediately stopped the Azulfadine and determined he had an allergic reaction. Does curcumin or turmeric have a sulfa component in it? I need someone with pharmacology knowledge to please answer my question. I want very much to give curcumin to him because I've read how it has helped people with arthritis and Crohn's. Currently he is taking the TNF inhibitor injections which are very toxic. Thank you so much.

Replied by Ed2010 (Oakville, Canada) on 09/30/2012

Crohn's is an auto immune disease. I strongly suggest to give him HOME MADE MILK KEFIR early morning 1 cup and evening 1 cup.

Also, for intestinal inflammation you can give L-Glutamine capsules or Cabbage Juice. You will see good results in 1 week. Hope this helps. thanks

Replied by Tom (Los Angeles, Ca) on 03/14/2016

Hi, My daughter has similar issues rheumatoid arthritis which co-exists with her Crohn's disease. Can you please let me know what worked for son.

Please help. Thanks,

Tom

Replied by Rsw (Oh) on 03/14/2016

Hi Tom,

Low dose naltrexone will most likely be very effective for both your daughter's Crohn's and RA.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21380937

Here is the home page for LDN: www.ldninfo.org

LDN is an FDA approved, no side effects drug at 50 mg/day, but was found in the 80's that when taken at very low doses of 1.5 - 4.5mg/day, it modulates the immune system and can promote healing of many autoimmune diseases, MS, IBS, Crohn's and even helps protect healthy cells during cancer treatment. On the LDN site listed above, you will find a link to a Yahoo LDN Group with over 12,000 members who take LDN for a variety of problems. The members are very willing to help new people and will answer any questions you may have. It is also detailed in Julia Schopick's best seller, "Honest Medicine, " and there is a new LDN book out that is comprehensive and is available on Amazon. I think you will find it to be very beneficial for both the Crohn's and RA without any of the adverse effects that can come with biologicals. Best wishes.

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