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Most people I treat take Glucosamine 1 - 2 gm/day, Chondroitin Sulphate 1 gm/day and fish oil capsules.
There is nothing to say conclusively whether these work or not with any certainty, as most of the research has been inadequate in study design.
My main interest is spine and as there is limited surgical options for arthritis, most of my patients take these supplements.
Most of my patients feel they get some benefit from them.
There is a lot of marketing when you hit the health food stores and chemists with these supplements.
They have a very captive and desperate market.
I think as long as your supplements contain these ingredients then they will be equally effective whether they be capsules, liquids, 20 bucks a jar, or 200 bucks a jar.
I advise my patients to look for them in the supermarkets in the first instance.
The recommendation is that you take religiously for at least 3 months before deciding of whether they are effective and keep some sort of daily pain record.
If after that your not convinced that they are helping then give it up. As I said earlier most of my patients stay on them as they believe they help.
There is nothing to say conclusively whether these work or not with any certainty, as most of the research has been inadequate in study design.
My main interest is spine and as there is limited surgical options for arthritis, most of my patients take these supplements.
Most of my patients feel they get some benefit from them.
There is a lot of marketing when you hit the health food stores and chemists with these supplements.
They have a very captive and desperate market.
I think as long as your supplements contain these ingredients then they will be equally effective whether they be capsules, liquids, 20 bucks a jar, or 200 bucks a jar.
I advise my patients to look for them in the supermarkets in the first instance.
The recommendation is that you take religiously for at least 3 months before deciding of whether they are effective and keep some sort of daily pain record.
If after that your not convinced that they are helping then give it up. As I said earlier most of my patients stay on them as they believe they help.