Comments on: Glucosamine Chondroitin Supplement

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:43:46 +0000

Hi Hope, glucosamine is more for the joint and doesn’t affect the muscle. Sounds like you need to focus more on warming up properly and working on flexibility training after your workouts. I would recommend speaking with a physical therapist about this to make sure you don’t have long term problems as they will be able to look at your conditioning.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:43:00 +0000

By: hope

hope — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:27:41 +0000

I started taking glucosamine & chondrioitin supplement for knees pain three months back on the advice of my ortho. & was feeling much better.Now for the 15 days I am getting muscle pull on the back of knee causing severe pain. This has happened three times & the most recent one is taking very long to heal though I am taking the supplement very regularly. I am really concerned as the winter is approching.

By: hope

hope — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:27:00 +0000

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:30:37 +0000

Hi Cheryl, this is a very good question. My research indicates that the sulfate is required to help make and repair the cartilage. My best advice would bt to check with your physician for other possible solutions and to make sure that is right for you.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:30:00 +0000

By: Cheryl Beal

Cheryl Beal — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:12:44 +0000

I suffer from severe Sulfa allergies and am unable to take any medications or supplements with sulfa or sulfates included. I also have very bad knees. I’m 37 and have already had 3 surgeries on my rigth knee. I have degerating arthritis and will eventually have to under go a complete joint replacement. I’ve tried the phsycial therapy, hydrotherapy, and the rooster comb injections all with no success. I would love to take Chondroiton and Glucosomine supplements as everything I have read on the topic leads me to believe this would be something that could offer me a lot of relief – maybe even give me a chance to run again. What concerns me is that everytime I see either of these products (packaged alone or together) they are listed on the bottle as Glucosamin Sulfate and Chondrotine Sulfate.
So, is there any alternative to someone who has a sulfur allergy?

By: Cheryl Beal

Cheryl Beal — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:12:00 +0000

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:42:15 +0000

Excellent Leon, thanks for your observation on this. It’s sad to see that many of the studies on MEDLINE are also getting influenced from product manufacturers. Hopefully some more long term government studies can be done to verify or disprove the findings.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:42:00 +0000

By: Leon R Scott

Leon R Scott — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:07:56 +0000

Check out McAlindon et al. JAMA. 200; 283(11): 1469-75. Great meta-analysis of the two together. Turns out most of the ‘positive’ studies were conducted by the product manufacturers. The literature is also dominated by manufacturer/shareholder endorsed studies (86% of the ones meeting inclusion criteria). I’d have to read each study to decide for myself, but I agree that they are most likely safe with likely small benefits for supplementation.

By: Leon R Scott

Leon R Scott — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:07:00 +0000

By: Debbie Robertson

Debbie Robertson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:49:39 +0000

i would like to try it to make my leg better from the pain

By: Debbie Robertson

Debbie Robertson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:49:00 +0000

i would like to try it to make my leg better from the pain

By: Imz

Imz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:13:02 +0000

Any studies that recommend this as a preventative measure as well?

By: Imz

Imz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Any studies that recommend this as a preventative measure as well?

By: april

april — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:44:07 +0000

Thank you so much for this. The reason i dont run is because i suffer from knee pain. I’m gonna start this supplement and i hope that helps.

By: april

april — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Thank you so much for this. The reason i dont run is because i suffer from knee pain. I’m gonna start this supplement and i hope that helps.