on cursory look, the product looks excellent, despite minor concern(s) about the origins of it. gotta look into it further. Posts: 2708 | Registered: Feb 2005
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pq: I read the info about Celadrin. Hmmm, it seemed very much like fish oil, in its action.
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yes, the key is the kind of fatty acids. this and other anti-inflamm. products will have w3,w6,w9 fatty acids,other fatty acids, both free as such, and esters of them--quantitatively more of the ester form than the free form.
tallow = fat = sat., and unsat. fat, with the unsat. including the 3,6,and 9 omega fatty acids and fatty acids with a shorter carbon skeletal chain. the shorter carbon chain fatty acids, are the ones that probably have the cetyl alcohol attached. i think the cetyl alc. is a long carbon chain alcohol. many of thes are valuable for many different illnesses.
the tallow seems modified here. how, i haven't discerned yet. haven't been back to the page the radio show used the term cetylated. cetyl alcohol(?) is usu. hooked up to some fatty acids, but the bond is not an ester bond as with glycerin + oleic acid,for example.(esterified), but rather has another name that momentarily escapes me. i've seen the term 'cetyl-' in preps. for rheu. and osteo. arth. they're supposed work well.
if comparatively cheap to other sources of the w3,w6,w9,and gla fatty acids, and other anti-inflam. products, then this would be a good product. i don't know if it covers all inflammatory pathways, though, meaning cox, and lox., and other inflamm. pathways.
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i'm using it ocassionally for severish pain. only tried it once. was soooooooo good. forgot what it was like to be able to lie on my hip to sleep. i just wouldn't use it on a regular basis because my pain usually responds to aleve and the 10 mg. eleval i take before bedtime.
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the shear number of cattle makes it affordable,and profitable to make a product that contains essential, and other fatty acids, mentioned above. makes sense, since the fish -source is probably dwindling, not to mention other inherenet problems.
epa, and other pufas in the joints keeps the ankle and other joints of cattle from freezing solid when they're alive out on the plains in the -40F temps. ; same with the buffalo, and other animals, inclu. fish.
if they modify the tallow to something different in order to get a patent, i don't mind, so long as i don't contract some new disease from the new product, the latter which, too often is teh case.
in part, to get a patent on a natural product, one just has to tag one, or more atoms, or groups of atoms on a molecule, and they can declare an invention.
if i can't lay on my hip(side) due to inflamm., and this product is available/affordable, i'll take it over nsaids, since the latter while excellent for inflamm., and pain, nonetheless block the formation of new connective tissue to repair that which the inflamm. damaged. this would avoid many, most, if not all kinds of damage caused by nsaids. nsaids for short term use. Posts: 2708 | Registered: Feb 2005
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So...this is a prescription drug?
Would there be any benefit to taking this new drug rather than fish oil?
I don't think they process the beef tallow at a temperature high enough to kill prions.
Carol
p.s. I also have problems lying on my side to sleep, and often wake up after several hours with hip pain.
I bought a memory foam pad several years ago, to use on top of the mattress, and it helps ALOT.
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prion concern seems to be with brains, bowel, and bone, although i didn't look into this topic at any great length.
for inflam. consider see: http://www.myremedi.com/ the lyprinol(epa/dha)+ quercetin + other things make a great combination to quell inflamm.
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