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I've been having issues with my neck(degenerative disc), surgery was not a route I want to take and I started looking for alternative treatments to at least make my pain more manageable. This was one the products I came across and figured I'd try. So I've been taking it a few weeks now, it actually came earlier than expected. I haven't had much neck or back pain for a week or so, but full disclosure, I also do chiro/PT. So I don't think I can say taking the drops solely works, you still have to do your part. This definitely is the best I've felt in a while. I was skeptical, seeing all the mixed reviews. I'm not completely pain free, but close. I still have some pain down my arm, and tingling in my fingers from the pinched nerve, but I don't think the product is supposed to help with that. The taste is definitely strong, I drop under the tongue and chase with water or juice after, to get rid of the taste. I might skip a day here and there but I don't notice a difference, I just take it the next day. It's worth giving a shot.

While I am having a positive reaction with the Juicy Joint formula the taste leaves a lot to be desired. To me it tastes like a bad whiskey. But chasing it with something definatly helps I'm having less pain through most of the day in my knees. Evening is still brutal but I'm counting on this product to continue to help me with that. I will continue to take it twice a day and pray it has an ongoing cumulative effect. Thanks.

Overall a good product! For me on its own it didn't fully help with the type of pain that I was hoping to treat. That is migraines and nerve pain in my neck, head, and shoulder related to a snowboarding injury from years ago. But it did help with overall inflammation in my body and recovery from another injury. It does also work great as a replacement for ibuprofen though! For a long time I was taking muscle relaxers along with 600mg ibuprofen to manage regular migraines. I recently switched to a migraine specific medication called rizatriptan which worked good but required several doses for bad migraines. I discovered that taking it at a low dose, 5mg with the 600 mg ibuprofen knocked the migraines out within an hour or so if I rested and it wasn't a very severe set in migraine. For that I would need a bit stronger dose of the rizatriptan 10-20mg. Recently however I discovered that taking the rizatriptan at 5mg with a dose of juicy joint worked as good or better than taking it with the ibuprofen! This was a huge discovery for me as I do not like taking any medication and so in this case less is more. The rizatriptan was a win because it meant no sleepiness and fatigue as well as moodiness symptoms that came from the muscle relaxers. But having to still take ibuprofen was a bummer because I know it wears out the stomach lining over time. I've felt the effects of taking it long term and it's not great. As a wholistic health care consultant my self. (Ayurvedic medicine) I would recommend always being careful combining herbal treatments with prescriptions. But in this case I could find no contraindications especially at this low dose. In my case I found if I catch a migraine early I can take half of a 5mg rizatriptan and a dose of juicy joint. I like to take it with a shot of ginger tea to boost the effectiveness and dilute the strong flavor. I do not recommend taking it straight as it’s very strong and will burn your mouth! I prefer natural treatments my self and recommend those to clients. I’ve been on a long journey to manage my own pain. As a skateboarder, surfer, snowboarder, and person who works with their hands I’ve been injured a lot! It’s nice to have something that can help with pain management and recovery that’s not too hard-on the stomach. My cons are really only one and that is that it’s an alcohol based tincture. Alcohol can speed up absorption of herbal supplements but it can also cause issues for the body. Especially taken regularly. It is quite heating which can be disturbing for some constitutions and it can be strong on the stomach. You definitely want to dilute it when you take it. I would love to see a non alcohol variation developed. Something like an oil base would be great. In Ayurvedic medicine we use herbal formulas decocted into ghee (an oil made from cooking unsalted whole fat butter till the milk fats are removed; clarified butter) This ghee is balancing for all constitutions and it helps with absorption of the herbs deep into the tissues. It’s also easily digested by the body, improves digestion, and doesn’t cause disturbance except in a very few rare constitutions. Other than this I think it’s a good product. I’m familiar with the healing power of ginger, turmeric, black pepper, and white willow bark, but I am newly intrigued by the power of devil’s claw and meadowseet. I’ll definitely be diving more into researching and using these herbs. For me personally I don’t take juicy joint daily. I did try that for a month but didn’t see enough improvements in my situation to consider continuing that and the concern of the daily intake of the alcohol didn’t feel worth it for me personally. So for now it is a great tincture to have on hand to manage flareups of migraine pain with rizatriptan and alone for other injuries. I take it when I have a flare up of low back pain, or an injury and it definitely feels like my body heals up quicker! It’s definitely super effective when taken in combination with the migraine medication I use which is great. I’d say I’m close to being done with ibuprofen completely which is amazing!!! Thank you for developing this product I know it is helping a lot of people feel better!