Arthritus and Osteoarthritis

Glucosamine and Chondroitin wonder substances?

Rebuilding damaged cartilage has long been the holy grail of orthopedics and rheumatology, and supporters of the glucosamine-chondroitin combination hope it will be the first remedy to achieve this. The individual ingredients have already been shown to improve arthritic symptoms in more than a dozen studies in Europe. The usual treatments for osteoarthritis are anti-inflammatory drugs, combined with muscle-strengthening activities and judicious exercise. This approach may relieve discomfort and slow deterioration of the joint, but it does not restore the health of damaged cartilage and can cause serious drug reactions.

A combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, natural substances that are centrally involved in the formation of the cartilage that caps the ends of bones. Deterioration of this articular cartilage and resulting abnormalities in the surrounding bone cause the stiffness, pain, crackling sounds and sometimes swelling of joints that are the hallmarks of osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear form of arthritis that afflicts millions of people.

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