One per day makes life much less painful with bad knees. I did notice increased discomfort when I missed a week.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin
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Jack Flash
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G&C really helped my aching knees. I would never go off it now.
gunnut2u
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I notice a diferrence when I stop taking the glucosimine . My wife tried using glucosimine and said she didn't notice that they worked for her ?
I'm sure they work different for each person ! You do have to take them for a few weeks before they start working .
I'm sure they work different for each person ! You do have to take them for a few weeks before they start working .
ohiobuckeye
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Having a touch of arthritis in the hands, I questioned my son, the doctor, about whether it was worth the effort to take either one. I consider him more of an arthritis expert than most docs because he was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of five and has fought joint pain ever since. There were many mornings we would have to help him out of bed and into a hot bath to help overcome the pain and stiffness enough to go to school. He became a health and fitness nut at the age of eight and has rarely missed a day of exercise since, and he turns 43 tomorrow. He's convinced regular excercise is the only way to maintain range of motion and that the extra muscle from weight training helps relieve stress on the joints. The specialists at Childrens Hospital, in Cincinnati, monitored him from age five until he was a senior in high school, and they were amazed at his progress and physical development. Especially in his preteen years. He was an excellent high school athlete, continues to work out daily, and competes in triathlons...three so far this year.
As a doctor, he has looked into every aspect of arthritis treatment, arthritis medication, he talks with those who specialize in the field, and looks into every medical journal paper ever written on the subject. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that he keeps up to date much better than your average doc on the subject of arthritis. He tried the glucosamine/chondritin combo many years ago and found it to be of no help to him, but does not discount them as being worthless. He mentioned reading some studies that show there may be some benefit in the form of reducing, or possibly halting, the progress of arthritis, but nothing cast in concrete. That said, I took it for several months and it did nothing for me. However, as he pointed out, in the survey groups that were given placebos there are always a few that improve or are "cured"...
As a doctor, he has looked into every aspect of arthritis treatment, arthritis medication, he talks with those who specialize in the field, and looks into every medical journal paper ever written on the subject. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that he keeps up to date much better than your average doc on the subject of arthritis. He tried the glucosamine/chondritin combo many years ago and found it to be of no help to him, but does not discount them as being worthless. He mentioned reading some studies that show there may be some benefit in the form of reducing, or possibly halting, the progress of arthritis, but nothing cast in concrete. That said, I took it for several months and it did nothing for me. However, as he pointed out, in the survey groups that were given placebos there are always a few that improve or are "cured"...
OP
Texas Star
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Having a touch of arthritis in the hands, I questioned my son, the doctor, about whether it was worth the effort to take either one. I consider him more of an arthritis expert than most docs because he was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of five and has fought joint pain ever since. There were many mornings we would have to help him out of bed and into a hot bath to help overcome the pain and stiffness enough to go to school. He became a health and fitness nut at the age of eight and has rarely missed a day of exercise since, and he turns 43 tomorrow. He's convinced regular excercise is the only way to maintain range of motion and that the extra muscle from weight training helps relieve stress on the joints. The specialists at Childrens Hospital, in Cincinnati, monitored him from age five until he was a senior in high school, and they were amazed at his progress and physical development. Especially in his preteen years. He was an excellent high school athlete, continues to work out daily, and competes in triathlons...three so far this year.
As a doctor, he has looked into every aspect of arthritis treatment, arthritis medication, he talks with those who specialize in the field, and looks into every medical journal paper ever written on the subject. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that he keeps up to date much better than your average doc on the subject of arthritis. He tried the glucosamine/chondritin combo many years ago and found it to be of no help to him, but does not discount them as being worthless. He mentioned reading some studies that show there may be some benefit in the form of reducing, or possibly halting, the progress of arthritis, but nothing cast in concrete. That said, I took it for several months and it did nothing for me. However, as he pointed out, in the survey groups that were given placebos there are always a few that improve or are "cured"...
Thanks. Very informative! And I agree that most docs just don't really research their fields of expertise very thouroghly. They're more into making money than they are into healing patients.
T-Star
I use the liquid stuff that my dear wife picks up at Sam's Club. It works for me.
If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
29Wheelgunner
US Veteran
My wife loves the stuff for her knees. She is headed for knee replacement in the near future. The Glucosamine and Chondroitin has prolonged this for her. Even her doctor recommended it's use. If she misses just one day, she knows it.
My sisters have been using it for years with positive results. I've been on it for about a year, I could tell a difference after just a week.
My sisters have been using it for years with positive results. I've been on it for about a year, I could tell a difference after just a week.
OP
Texas Star
US Veteran
The main concerns at this point seem to to be:
1.) The substances may not affect RA, only other arthritis.
2.) Using it and discontinuing use may cause greater pain and stiffness than had the medicine not been used.
Have I got this right, or am I missing something? I'm especially concerned about withdrawal symptoms, IF it gets worse than if the meds hadn't been used. Can someone address that?
T-Star
1.) The substances may not affect RA, only other arthritis.
2.) Using it and discontinuing use may cause greater pain and stiffness than had the medicine not been used.
Have I got this right, or am I missing something? I'm especially concerned about withdrawal symptoms, IF it gets worse than if the meds hadn't been used. Can someone address that?
T-Star
JcMack
Member
One must assume that all these degenerative diseases progress. If you take an OTC products and they help thats great. If you quit taking the product remember your disease has continued to progress so you may experience more pain since you're further down the road. Does this make sense? The little dog peering at you from my avatar has a luxating patella (rear knee pops out) This is a congenital problem. I put her on watchamacolit and condroyton and she's so far good as new.
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KY-CCDW
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My wife says it helps her hands and elbows a lot. But it gives me some wicked headaches!
