Hi John,
John Coles wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>
> Following on from an earlier post about trying to get pain relief from
my
> arthritis, does anyone here have any experience of taking Glucosamine
and
> Chondroiitin?
My father has severe osteoarthritis of his knees and uses it. When
he started I checked it out and research was mixed. I kept an eye on
it and slowly some reputable positive results have been found.
Currently it seems that Glucosamine can help with pain but not people
with mild arthritis.
Somethings to read:
=93NIH GAIT Study Sup****ts Use Of Glucosamine And Chondroitin For
Osteoarthritis Treatment=94
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/37989.=
php
(2/2006)
=93Good News For Knees, Arthritis Today Special Re****t=94
http://www.arthritis.org/good-news-for-knees.php
(2/2007)
=93Abstract: Dietary supplements for osteoarthritis=94
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18246887
(1/2008)
=93...Although the evidence is not entirely consistent, most research
suggests that glucosamine sulfate can improve symptoms of pain related
to osteoarthritis, as well as slow disease progression in patients
with osteoarthritis of the knee. Chondroitin sulfate also appears to
reduce osteoarthritis symptoms and is often combined with glucosamine,
but there is no reliable evidence that the combination is more
effective than either agent alone....=94
> When I ask my local Pharmacist recently she suggest that I get my
Doctor=
to
> prescribe me some. However when I asked my Doctor she suggested this
woul=
d
> be a waste of time.
What country are you in? In the USA, most health plans don't cover
supplements and they are non-prescription mostly.
> Plus is this likely to further upset my Crohns?
Glucosamine has some preliminary research showing it may help CD.
See http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/glucosamine-000306.htm
and
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-glucosamine.htm=
l,
then search down for =93crohn's=94.
HTH,
--
Luke
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