Yes I’ve taken probably all of them, fish oil, bromelain, flax, chia etc. The steroid keeps my levels in check for now and I am a new patient to this disease so I’ve been working thru new diet and supplement regimens, anti inflammatory diet foods and making sure I don’t gain weight on the prednisone. Also been walking 3 miles most days. My CRP level is supposed to be under 10 and I was at 153 when diagnosed, Sed Rate was supposed to be under 12 I think, and I was at 96. Giant Cell Arteritis is an auto immune disease that causes inflammation in the temporal arteries causing headaches, jaw pain, head tingling and can lead to blindness and stroke so its very important to get those levels down and keep them in check.
If you ever get a headache on a Sunday while watching football and it doesn’t go away for 3 months, you may have GCA. Get checked before you wake up blind or worse. It’s a disease most don’t know about.
Please review threads I’ve posted on GlyNAC and Taurine.
These make the two major antioxidants our bodies need, and used to make a lot of, when younger, glutathione and superoxide dismutase (SOD).
Nestle bought the official right to market Glycine and NAC together, from Baylor University. They say to take 600 mg of Glycine and 600 mg of NAC, together, twice a day. I take more than that. One study used 7,000 mg of each a day, but that seems excessive for my use.
Tauine was used in three doses of 500 mg each, increasing SOD over 20%. I take double that, and they suggested more taurine would make more SOD.
There are other supplements that you didn’t mention that could help, but I’d look into these two, first.
Also, eat lots of cooked mushrooms, and drink the liquid left behind.
Mushrooms are the best source of ergothioneine, a backup antioxidant to the other two. I have some studies on this here, too.