Originally Posted by
TKJava
I'm not a doctor but I have osteoarthritis in my knee and looking into the glucosamine/chondrotin supplements I have found no study that presents any significant evidence that it helps, sort of like Prevagin for memory. That said I'm going to try it anyway to see what happens.
You did mention diabetes and there is some indication that these supplements may raise your blood sugar so watch that.
Good idea. There are many studies which found that it helps a little. I started taking glucosamine sulfate 35 years ago. The docs say my knee cartilage is nearly perfect. Restoring gone cartilage is one thing, preventing it or slowing it from going away is another. I see absolutely no down side to it. A clinical dose is 3g/day, 2 in morning, 1 at night, and 1g of MSM at night. They say give it 6 months before you decide it didn't do anything. But even then, if no improvement, there's evidence that it slows decay. I've never taken that much, more like 1g/day, but then I don't have any problems.