If you go to PubMed.gov and search on resveratrol+spine or resveratrol+arthritis, or polyphenol+arthritis, you'll be surprised.

Here is an example..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...5/?tool=pubmed

But you have to use higher doses. Walgreens sells two resveratrol dosages, I think the higer one is 500mg. Its a pretty good deal, and its decent quality. When I run out of my mail-order resveratrol, thats what I buy.

It may take a while of taking it daily for it to really kick in but it also may help faster. Its *really good* for the joints. In fact, its cutting edge. Its nontoxic. It also may help fight cancer, but something I found out recently which is kind of scary is that it both prevents and shrinks existing prostate cancer BUT it can also lower PSA, even if you have it. *So you would then test negative* and have a hard time convincing HMO doctors that you might have the illness if you have other symptoms. (Please write that down to remember it, its important.) I don't know how long you would have to stop it to get an accurate PSA. I don't think that anybody has done any studies on that.

So anyway, resveratrol is so good for arthritis, that there is a bunch of research being done by companies trying to figure out variations they can patent and charge a lot for. (resveratrol itself is quite cheap, so no profit motive in that.. But good for us.)

It works much better if you dont take the capsules, instead just put a little bit of their contents in your mouth and let it absorb naturally. Just like you might do with red wine. (which contains a small amount of it) A number of other polyphenols also do similar things.

Inosine may also be good for healing pinched nerves, its being researched for helping heal spine injuries.. it also stimulates the immune system. In order to help repair nerves it needs to be taken for a while (weeks or months) in low doses several times a day to maintain levels in the blood.. Again, companies are researching ways to commercialize it.. (methods of delivering it in a controlled, continuous manner)

Both substances are available as supplements and quite cheap in powder form. Neither tastes bad so they can be mixed with juice, although as I said, resveratrol absorbs better just put in the mouth.