Re: Re: Glucosamine, Glucosamine suphate or with Chroitin(?)

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Can anyone tell me exactly what to buy please? The choice in the shops is

bewildering. I have been looking for 1500 mg of glucosamine but am having

trouble finding it.

Margaret Searles

jeffdullum jeff@...> wrote:

when I was first diagnosed with OA

in '97 a bought a 10 kilo box of very

high quality straight from the manufacturer

and have been taking it to this day. I was bone

to bone on one side and it really did help

but did not reverse it like I had hoped. and

eventually the the other side deteriorated

so I got a bilat from DeSmet in '03.

I will say the cartiledge in my back is so thick

it took the anethesiologist 15 minutes to

put the catheter in during preop(very painful!)

and said " i will never have a problem with my back "

xrays show same with shoulders, and knees are

perfect. I'm convinced its because of glucosamine

and mineral supps but my pelvis was too twisted

and too much torque for it to completely reverse

the damaged hip joints but I tried for 6 years.

good info, thanks Jeff

> Here is some latest research on glucosamine sulfate. I'm still in

a

> holding pattern with my right hip until I can arrange to go to Dr.

De

> Smet. Not long ago I ran out of glucosamine and a couple of weeks

> later, it became very painful. I immediately replenished my supply

> and along with being back in the gym doing the bike and leg

presses,

> curls & extensions, the pain is surprisingly well-maintained.

>

> Rainer

>

> " Glucosamine may do more than simply reduce osteoarthritis pain.

New

> findings, published in the March/April 2004 issue of the Journal of

> Menopause, indicate that glucosamine may actually reduce or reverse

> disease progression in some people. These findings originate from

> two studies involving 414 mostly postmenopausal women with knee

> osteoarthritis. Half received 1,500 mg of glucosamine sulfate daily

> while the other half received a placebo.

>

> After three years, those taking glucosamine had no further loss of

> cartilage whereas the placebo group continued to experience

cartilage

> destruction. Pain reduction and joint function also improved

> significantly in the group receiving glucosamine sulfate. Previous

> studies published in Archives of Internal Medicine and The Lancet,

> also found similar levels of improvement using the same daily

dosage

> of glucosamine that was used in this study.

>

> Although there is still no good evidence that glucosamine should be

> taken as a preventative measure in younger adults, the results of

> this study confirm that if you already have osteoarthritis, taking

> glucosamine may be beneficial.

>

> This information is brought to you by USANA Science Information

> Services.

>

> Bruyere O, Pavelka K, Rovati LC, Deroisy R, Olejarova M, Gatterova

J,

> Giacovelli G, Reginster JY. Glucosamine sulfate reduces

> osteoarthritis progression in postmenopausal women with knee

> osteoarthritis: evidence from two 3-year studies. Menopause. 2004;11

> (2):138-143.

>

> Pavelka K, Gatterova J, Olejarova M, Machacek S, Giacovelli G,

Rovati

> LC. Glucosamine sulfate use and delay of progression of knee

> osteoarthritis: a 3-year, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-

> blind study. Arch Intern Med. 2002 Oct 14;162(18):2113-23.

>

> Reginster JY, Deroisy R, Rovati LC, Lee RL, Lejeune E, Bruyere O,

> Giacovelli G, Henrotin Y, Dacre JE, Gossett C. Long-term effects of

> glucosamine sulphate on osteoarthritis progression: a randomised,

> placebo-controlled clinical trial. Lancet. 2001 Jan 27;357

(9252):251-

> 6 "