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On the advice of a doctor, I started taking glucosamine to inhibit the worsening of my osteoarthritis. I have been taking it for ten years now, but how do I know if it works?
Less pain
You don’t know if many preventive treatments will benefit you. You rely on research on large groups of patients and assume that it will work the same for you. Glucosamine is a component of cartilage. It was once thought to stimulate the formation or repair of cartilage. In 2001, the medical journal The Lancet reported – based on a study with X-rays – that a beneficial effect was seen.
On that basis, many doctors have recommended the drug. Such research has since been repeated many times, but never again with the same result; doctors no longer recommend the drug. Still, some patients say they feel less pain because of it. You could test this yourself.
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- Plus Magazine