I was afraid to take them, but the next day I started them I have my ciatica nerve pinched and the surgeon wants to do surgery on me and I said no,we'll a friend came to visit and when she saw me and heard me screaming and crying she asked what was wrong when I told her she said tomorrow I'm going to bring you a bottle of pills that they help all kinds of pain including arthritis and I really did not believe it,I started taking them and 3 days later my ciatica pain was gone and I have arthritis and one of my fingers had a lump and the finger had a curve to it like a C the finger is straight and the lump has gone down,I'm on my second bottle, I know I don't need surgery now,I recommend them to everyone that has any kind of pain,the finger next to the thumb