I've tried turmeric supplements and it's not done much for me,but I have a friend with fairly significant psoriatic arthritis and she feels it helps. May be worth a shot. She's also on some other medications to reduce the inflammation.

Otherwise, I really don't take much pain medication for my arthritis. My doc did prescribe sulfasalazine which is an old school drug for some rheumatoid arthritis and UC, and that seems to help me feel less stiff and pain, but the pain is still present. I do find that sometimes ice or heat helps.

Sulfasalazine was unhelpful as well :-) Heat and ice are a staple at our house as I also have RA. We use a lot of Sombra cream too but the relief is just not enough.

Yeah,not sure then. Has he tried alternatives, like acupuncture? Whether it would help or not, I don't know. I briefly tried it for the arthritis and but had to stop doing because I had problems with developing hematomas from the needles (I'm on anticoagulants). Whether it would have worked or not, I don't know, but it was a good experience from a relaxation standpoint.

I also was going to say the sulfalazine is suppose to help. But I have found the acupuncture can give me some releif. Not intirely, it also depends what foods I am eating.
There are many foods known to perhaps trigger inflamation. Like processed foods, meats like salami, sugar, etc.
There is talk about nightshade veggies, but i havn't tried gong without any veggies. I think going without the crap is enough, I go without that, and dairy, and pork, and redmeat, and gluten. Not giving up healthy food too. At least not yet. I havn't done any experiementing with it.

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I'm dealing with this same issue right now, too. The turmeric/curcumin supplements didn't help. I get mild relief from Meloxicam (called Mobic her in Australia) which is an antiinflammatory. Cutting out sugar and most dairy helps a little.
Interested to see what else works for others.

ps. a little off topic, but someone mentioned psoritic arthritis, and although I've not been dx'd with that ...yet, i do have joint pain.
But, i have had this psoriais for many years, limited mostly to my elbows, but now on my knuckles which I find more embarressing because of shaking hands and what not.

My TCM/accupuncturist gave me a new herb to address it a few days ago. I will let you know how it works if anyone is interested. He has given me 2 other herbs in past that have helped me greatly, so I will be excited it this works. I have lotions and globs of globby stuff from doctors, but nothing really has gotten rid of it. We'll see.