Does Taking Glucosamine supplements for arthritis Work?

[bo derek 10]

Does Taking Glucosamine supplements for arthritis Work?

is it safe to take the daily dose of Glucosamine, Ginseng, and Garlic all at once , so i dont forget to take them?

[poppins 10]

Does Taking Glucosamine supplements for arthritis Work?

is it safe to take the daily dose of Glucosamine, Ginseng, and Garlic all at once , so i dont forget to take them?

 

Didn't do a thing for me, in fact nothing did,all a waste of money.

[Asaw 10]

Got to agree didn't really do anything for me and I tried them for over 5 yrs

[chimay 10]

I don't have arthritis. I have been taking the vegetarian glucosamine for about 18 months and this winter for the first time in several years I've not had the painful knee joints I used to get every winter.

[biotechpete 10]

According to a study recently published in the BMJ no it doesn't.

The conclusion of the study was

Compared with placebo, glucosamine, chondroitin, and their combination do not reduce joint pain or have an impact on narrowing of joint space. Health authorities and health insurers should not cover the costs of these preparations, and new prescriptions to patients who have not received treatment should be discouraged.

 

However, a publication on behalf of the Arthritis Research UK working group on complimentary and alternative medicines, concluded that among all the alternative therapies

The present review found consistent evidence that capsaicin gel and S-adenosyl methionine were effective in the management of OA.

 

My personal caveat is that the efficacy of these 2 things is probably based mostly around the reduction of pain rather than improvement of the joint itself (I haven't been bothered to actually fully read the papers)

[smithy266 21]

glucosamine works for me.

[Dozy 11]

When my dog developed arthritis, I took to giving her chews with glucosamine and other stuff in them, and there was definitely an improvement!!! When I switched to giving her glucosamine in her food, it continued to help her.

[pattricia 577]

Ive taken Glucosamine & Chondroitin for 10 years and never have any trouble with my joints. You have to take a high dose though. Also take Vitamin D.

[retired 10]

Ive taken Glucosamine & Chondroitin for 10 years and never have any trouble with my joints. You have to take a high dose though. Also take Vitamin D.

 

Same here! It has worked for me. I used to have knee and wrist problems until I started taking it. Wouldn't be without it.

[Rupert_Baehr 10]

Glucosamine seems to work pretty well for the people who make it.

 

There's a bottle (which my wife bought) in our bathroom cabinet. It's been there for nearly 3 years and she hasn't complained of arthritis since she bought it.

 

It seems to keep away the elephants, too.

[GothicCharm 10]

I take glucosamine..when i remember.. and when I remember my joints do feel better lol.

 

But my dog had really bad joints in his back legs and we put glucosamine in his food and he was like a puppy after he'd been eating that. Really worked for him.

 

As far as I know you're absolutely fine to take it with your other tablets.

[Evei 10]

Glucosamine works as well as a placebo does. It may work on your wellbeing (you feel you are being treated so you feel better about yourself, which is proven to make pain less) but for actually treating the symptoms it does nothing. It is the same for animals if you give your dog it you actively look for improvements so you believe it has worked.

 

If it did work doctors would prescribe it as it would be a lot cheaper than the drugs they do prescribe for arthritis