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News & Research:
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Current Role of
Glucosamine in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis - Medscape, 6/5/07 -
"These results suggest that patients
with a less severe radiographic knee OA will be particularly responsive to
GS as a structure-modifying drug"
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Joint Supplements (Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and MSM) review -
ConsumerLab.com, 4/12/07 - "eight
supplements for osteoarthritis failed ConsumerLab's testing. Four of had
less than 8% of their listed amounts of key ingredients, including a
"maximum strength" product that contained no chondroitin at all. Three
others had only 52% to 75% of listed ingredients. One failed because it
would not properly break apart to release its glucosamine and chondroitin"
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Efficacy of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate May Depend on Level of
Osteoarthritis Pain - Doctor's Guide, 2/24/06
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Efficacy Of Glucosamine, Chondroitin Sulfate May Depend On Level Of
Osteoarthritis Pain - Science Daily, 2/23/06 -
"The popular dietary supplements
glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate proved no better than a placebo in
relieving osteoarthritis knee pain in most participants of a major national
trial. But the study, published in the Feb. 23 issue of the New England
Journal of Medicine, also showed a smaller subgroup of trial patients with
moderate to severe osteoarthritis knee pain taking the combination of the
two supplements experienced significant pain relief"
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Arthritis Supplements in Question - WebMD, 2/22/06 -
"Osteoarthritis patients with mild
pain treated for six months with the glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate,
either alone or in combination, experienced no greater pain relief than
patients randomly assigned to take a placebo ... Those with moderate to
severe knee pain who took a combination of the two supplements did report
significantly greater pain relief than patients with the same degree of pain
who took a placebo"
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Popular supplements fail to ease arthritis pain - MSNBC, 2/22/06 -
"The popular supplements,
glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate — once used even by President Bush —
were no better than dummy pills at pain relief ... At the same time, the
supplements did seem to help people with more severe arthritis"
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New NIH Study Confirms that Chondroitin and Glucosamine Are Effective
Against Osteoarthritis - Doctor's Guide, 11/16/05 -
"the combination of chondroitin
sulfate and glucosamine is effective in treating moderate to severe knee
pain due to ostearthritis"
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Supplements May Help Knee Arthritis - WebMD, 11/14/05 -
"patients with more severe arthritis
pain got significant relief from the glucosamine-chondroitin combination"
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Glucosamine better than common painkiller for knee arthritis - Nutra
USA, 10/3/05
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Treating and Beating Arthritis - US News, 6/27/05 -
"One popular supplement, called
glucosamine-chondroitin, really seems to work"
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Use of Glucosamine Sulphate for Osteoarthritis Appears to
Have Disease-Modifying Effect in Postmenopausal Women
- Doctor's Guide, 3/24/04 -
"After 3 years, postmenopausal participants in the glucosamine sulphate group showed no
joint space narrowing (joint space change of +0.003 mm), whereas
participants in the placebo group experienced a narrowing of -0.33 mm"
- Glucosamine Stops Knee Arthritis in Women - WebMD,
3/15/04 - "The popular supplement
glucosamine could do more than just ease arthritis knee pain. New research
indicates that it may actually stop disease progression -- and possibly
reverse it"
- Glucosamine Ups Ibuprofen's Pain Relief - WebMD,
1/9/04 - "While the NSAID administered alone had
pain-relieving effects, glucosamine administered alone produced no
pain-relieving effect ... But when glucosamine was combined with an NSAID,
pain relief was more pronounced" - See
Drugstore.com ibuprofen products
and
iHerb
glucosamine products.
- Cirque choreographer promotes new twist on joint health
- USA Today, 9/9/03
- Glucosamine, Chondroitin Seem to Work - WebMD,
7/17/03
- Glucosamine Has Structural/Symptomatic Efficacy while Chondroitin Has
Symptomatic Efficacy in Knee Osteoarthritis -
Doctor's Guide, 7/17/03 - "Glucosamine has structural efficacy and both glucosamine and
chondroitin have indistinguishable symptomatic efficacies in knee
osteoarthritis"
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Topical Glucosamine/Chondroitin Cream Relieves Knee Osteoarthritic Pain
- Doctor's Guide, 4/14/03
- New
Study Suggests Expanded Benefits of Glucosamine -
New Hope Natural Media, 4/3/03
- Glucosamine for Knees -- Evidence Builds - WebMD,
1/27/03 - "the biggest benefits of
glucosamine seemed to be in reducing the amount of perceived pain. By
the end of the study, 88% of the glucosamine group said their knee pain had
improved compared to only 17% in the placebo group ... After four weeks of
treatment, only 36% of users reported some pain relief, but that number grew
to 68% at week eight and 88% by week 12"
- Natural
Remedies for Osteoarthritis: Now, More than Ever -
New Hope Natural Media, 8/15/02 - "The most widely used product is glucosamine sulfate. Numerous studies have
shown that this substance, which helps rebuild damaged cartilage, relieves
pain at least as effectively as NSAIDs, and is
relatively free of side effects ... Chondroitin
sulfate, a component of the connective tissue that makes up joint
cartilage, has also been studied extensively ... Some doctors recommend
niacinamide (vitamin B3) ... Other natural substances that have been
reported to relieve the symptoms of OA include
vitamin E (600 to 1,200
IU
per day), Devil's claw,
cat's claw and ginger root"
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Glucosamine Sulfate for Joint Relief - Nutrition Science News, 3/01 -
"until last year the long-term effects of GS remained anecdotal ... Two
separate three-year studies involving once-daily supplementation of 1,500 mg
of a specific brand of glucosamine sulfate, DONA, produced significant
symptomatic relief and a reduced progression of knee OA. Additional studies
show six weeks of the same product and dosage offers relief for spinal OA,
with effects persisting up to four weeks after stopping GS"
- Glucosamine
Might Have A Role In Arthritis - Doctor's Guide, 3/1/01 -
"Glucosamine might actually be as beneficial as many widely used
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis"
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Scientific Findings Emphasize Glucosamine Value - Council for
Responsible Nutrition, 1/26/01
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Supplement Slows Knee Arthritis, Relieves Pain, But Unregulated Glucosamine
Products Vary in Quality, Experts Warn - WebMD, 1/25/01
- Dona
(Glucosamine Sulfate) Decreases Progression Of Knee Osteoarthritis -
Doctor's Guide, 11/2/00
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Glucosamine Sulfate Treats Osteoarthritis - Nutrition Science News, 7/00
- Glucosamine vs. Chondroitin - Nutrition Science
News, 7/00
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Glucosamine a New Concern for Diabetes - Nutrition Science News, 6/00
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NIH conducts large study into promising reports of glucosamine easing
arthritis pain - CNN, 4/7/00
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Popular supplement may fight osteoarthritis - CNN, 11/15/99
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Allergy-free Glucosamine - Nutrition Science News, 10/99
- Glucosamine
- Ray Sahelian, M.D.
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Chronic Joint Pain - Nutrition Science News, 1/99
Abstracts:
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Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate as therapeutic agents for knee and hip
osteoarthritis - Drugs Aging. 2007;24(7):573-80 -
"glucosamine sulfate (but not glucosamine
hydrochloride) and chondroitin sulfate have small-to-moderate symptomatic
efficacy in OA ... glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate may interfere
with progression of OA"
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Oral Glucosamine in Doses Used to Treat Osteoarthritis Worsens Insulin
Resistance - Am J Med Sci. 2007 Jun;333(6):333-339 -
"We found a rise in HOMA-IR after 6 weeks of
glucosamine (2.8 versus 3.2 ... persons with underlying poorer insulin
sensitivity are at risk for worsening insulin resistance and vascular
function with the use of glucosamine in doses used to treat osteoarthritis"
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Do glucosamine and chondroitin worsen blood sugar control in diabetes? -
J Fam Pract. 2006 Dec;55(12):1091-3 - "Despite theoretical risks based on
animal models given high intravenous doses, glucosamine/chondroitin (1500
mg/1200 mg daily) does not adversely affect short-term glycemic control for
patients whose diabetes is well-controlled, or for those without diabetes or
glucose intolerance"
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Oral glucosamine for 6 weeks at standard doses does not cause or worsen
insulin resistance or endothelial dysfunction in lean or obese subjects
- Diabetes. 2006 Nov;55(11):3142-50
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Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, and the two in combination for painful
knee osteoarthritis - N Engl J Med. 2006 Feb 23;354(8):795-808
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The Effect of Glucosamine-Chondroitin Supplementation on Glycosylated
Hemoglobin Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Arch
Intern Med. 2003;163:1587-1590 - "oral glucosamine
supplementation does not result in clinically significant alterations in
glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus"
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Glucosamine Sulfate Use and Delay of Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis: A
3-Year, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-blind Study - Archives of
Internal Medicine, 10/14/02 -
"Symptoms improved modestly with
placebo use but as much as 20% to 25% with glucosamine sulfate use, with
significant final differences on the Lequesne index and the WOMAC total
index and pain, function, and stiffness subscales"
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