Evidence brief · Supplement
Cat's Claw for Joint pain (OA/RA)
Evidence grade C — Small trials
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
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1 at grade C — 1 graded row
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Joint pain (OA/RA)Evidence grade C
Small trials
Smallmixed
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Joint pain (OA/RA) (grade C).
The evidence in words
The verdict
For joint pain (oa/ra), Cat's Claw earns evidence grade C (small effect, mixed consistency) — the evidence is limited or mixed. Small trials
How it might work
Alkaloids and other compounds have anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating activity.
How to use it
Safety & cautions
Generally tolerated; caution with immunosuppressants and autoimmune conditions.
Bottom line
An early-evidence joint anti-inflammatory. Reasonable to trial for OA; mind the immune interactions.
Goes with
- Cat's ClawRead the full Cat's Claw monographEvidence grade C
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Boswellia for OsteoarthritisEvidence grade B — Reasonable RCT supportEvidence grade B
- Boswellia for Osteoarthritis pain/functionEvidence grade B — Standardized extractsEvidence grade B
- Cat's Claw: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally tolerated; caution with immunosuppressants and autoimmune conditions.Evidence grade C
- Cissus Quadrangularis for Joint pain / bone healingEvidence grade C — Small trialsEvidence grade C
Sources
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Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.