Sentences with phrase «like diclofenac»

Turmeric has been proven to reduce or eliminate pain better than leading prescription medications like diclofenac sodium.

In practical terms, the chance of you hurting yourself with a drug like diclofenac sodium — ironically, in an attempt to reduce pain — as compared to a simple kitchen spice like turmeric, is infinitely higher.

What is most remarkable about the more recent study is not that turmeric curcuminoids have potent anti-inflammatory properties — there are already hundreds of studies confirming its COX - 2 reducing and otherwise anti-inflammary effects — but rather how much safer they are relative to NSAID drugs like diclofenac, which like most pharmaceutical anti-inflammatory drugs have been linked to adverse health effects such as increased cardiac mortality, miscarriage and seizure.

Not exact matches

People who suffer from inflammatory joint conditions or pain often take non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, like the well - known drug diclofenac, for example.

«If you are thinking of using a painkiller for osteoarthritis, you should consider diclofenac,» Trelle said, but also keep in mind that like most NSAIDs the drug increases the risk for heart disease and death.