Yup I have taken Golden Paste. Placebo or not, it is one of the very few things that I felt did something. Out of all the things I tried to sort out my painful hands/arms and ME/CFS. (I tried steroids, antidepressant, pain killers, homeopathy etc cause I was desperate) Not a cure but it did definitely help.
Though a word of warning, I told my mum to try it when she was suffering from something (I can't remember what for). She got a massive rash on her leg and it went as soon as she stopped taking the tumeric.
We also give golden past and or supplement with tumeric to our mutt. And she is clearly better on her legs with regards to her arthritic. Though the drug Librela (only for mutts atm) did much better job on removing her discomfort/pain, it's like we got a new dog
Peli's mum is taking it too (turmeric and black pepper) daily and she feel great improvement on her bad knees.