| As people grow older, they become more prone to | | | | supplements on arthritis were examined as well. |
| osteoarthritis, the nagging pain in our joints that can | | | | Convincingly, the study reaped success in that it was |
| become chronic as it progresses. Osteoarthritis is the | | | | able to produce a certified alternative treatment for |
| most common form of arthritis that affects the joints. It | | | | mild to severe arthritis. The study showed that 1500mg |
| involves the gradual degeneration or 'wearing out' of | | | | of glucosamine a day taken for 24 weeks was able |
| the joints particularly affecting the cartilage. The | | | | to produce a huge 25% reduction in arthritis pain. |
| cartilage in the joints, when stressed and unable to | | | | Moreover, the study concluded that glucosamine is |
| recover, breaks down until they are rendered useless | | | | more effective when paired with chondroitin coming |
| in padding the joints. As a result, people feel the pain | | | | from shark cartilage. |
| produced by the friction of bone rubbing against bone. | | | | In another study, The New England Journal of Medicine |
| Apart from the unbearable pain (in cases of advanced | | | | published the results of USA laboratory study in 2006. |
| osteoarthritis) and stiffness that one experiences as a | | | | The study concluded that glucosamine chondroitin was |
| direct consequence of the condition, medical studies | | | | effective, reducing arthritis pain in those suffering |
| have shown that a narrowing in joint space correlates | | | | moderate to severe joint pain more effectively than |
| to the severity of osteoarthritis. In a European study | | | | Celebrex. |
| involving 348 arthritis sufferers, there was an observed | | | | Today, dietary glucosamine supplements emerge as a |
| average narrowing of 0.19mm from an initial 4mm joint | | | | safe, effective and alternative therapy for arthritis. Little |
| space. Another group of patients who were involved | | | | to no side effects have been examined in patients |
| in the study exhibited that acetaminophen was | | | | who have chosen this alternative arthritis therapy, |
| effective in reducing the pain of osteoarthritis but falls | | | | however, specialists advise against the use of dietary |
| short in efficacy because the use of such a drug | | | | glucosamine supplements for pregnant women, young |
| necessitated a high dosage of 3000mg a day. | | | | children, and people with diabetes, high blood pressure |
| The study conducted was aimed at comparing the | | | | and allergies without consulting with their respective |
| effectiveness of three arthritis treatments. Apart from | | | | physicians. |
| the above mentioned, the effects of glucosamine | | | | |