Just read a newspaper post about taking Turmeric. The person started taking Turmeric for knee pain. He had DC for 10 years, but within three days he felt a change in his DC for the better. I read an old post about Turmeric on our forum posted in 2004.
Has anyone taken this Turmeric with any kind of results since then? Crazy, people with DC will bite at any cure and I, like many others, am hungry.

As far as I know there is no credible evidence that tumeric, circumin or any other anti-inflammatory agents have an impact on the progression of DC. Due to the way in which the disease progresses or not, anecdotal information is of little value. In my family myself and three siblings all have DD. My older brother used circumin for some years in an attempt to stop/delay contraction without benefit and has just had surgery, I have had both hands irradiated as I had very active disease, my other 2 siblings both have nodules and chords, no contraction and do nothing.

Tumeric/circumin may have other anti-inflammatory benefits but I would not count on it to stop DD.

Dupuytren's may be associated with an inflammation. Taking something anti-inflammatory might reduce the inflammation and give the impression that it helps with Dupuytren's. But Dupuytren's is a systemic disease and something like curcumin/turmeric is unlikely helpful. I myself have been taking higher doses of curcuma/turmeric (700 mg daily = 140 mg curcumoids) for 1/2 year for other reasons and saw no effect on my Dupuytren's.

Wolfgang

stephenp:

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As far as I know there is no credible evidence that tumeric, circumin or any other anti-inflammatory agents have an impact on the progression of DC. Due to the way in which the disease progresses or not, anecdotal information is of little value. In my family myself and three siblings all have DD. My older brother used circumin for some years in an attempt to stop/delay contraction without benefit and has just had surgery, I have had both hands irradiated as I had very active disease, my other 2 siblings both have nodules and chords, no contraction and do nothing.

Tumeric/circumin may have other anti-inflammatory benefits but I would not count on it to stop DD.

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Hi - I'm new to this forum and relatively new to DC, or at least to my diagnosis. That said, I am a veteran multiple sclerosis patient (diagnosed in 1999) and starting over a year ago, I began taking high dose biotin (300 mg/day), 10,000 mg of turmeric a day, and 75,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily. [These were the levels recommended by the PA at the clinic I go to, specifically for patients with MS.]

ANYWAY, turmeric... I would love to say that it has changed my life, but no. In fact, my DC has worsened SUBSTANTIALLY in the past year, despite the religious use of it. As we say in Spanish, Que lastima! (What a pity/shame).

So, my advice regarding turmeric: try it. It is NOT going to hurt you. It is reported to have anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, so why not? Will it be a miracle cure? Doubtful; BUT different things work differently for each individual. It won't hurt to try.

Interesting trial but far from being conclusive. There is no effect in two tests and a small effect in a third test without any statistical analysis. The observed change is only in a substiture parameter and this change might just be accidential. The speculation why power is better than supplement might be right but is based on still unclear results and therefore, in my opinion, too early. Nevertheless, no reason not to have a curry!

Wolfgang