Glucosamine suppliaments

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The BMJ have now issued a report to say that there basically no proof that Glucosamine or Chondroitin have any affect on Arthritis. I know someone who took Glucosamine for years as they were told it worked by their GP. They found zero difference and had replacement joint surgery...now that did work! Maybe check with your vet to get their true opinion before spending a fortune on joint suppliments which may have no affect except on your bank balance. It's a pity horses cannot have their joints replaced too!
 
Just posted similar in New Lounge. I have wondered for a long time about glucoasmine based supplements and have never felt the ones I have used have made any difference, other than to my wallet!
Will be interesting to see what happens to the joint supplement market, or whether people will keep on buying blindly.
 
Interesting.

My husband takes the human version of what my horse is on and both have shown improvement. My husband yes it could be placebo but I doubt my horse knows

When i took my horse off his supplement he visibly went down hill then improved when back on it.

Do you have a link to the report ? would like to have a look
 
Rosehips are good for arthritis - human and horse and are free. I collect them and dry them out in the oven and feed to ours even though none of them are arthritic. The are also full of vitamin C. They can be feed whole no problem.
I also think that stinging nettles are good for this as well and they are also free.

Big fan of things that are good for horses and available for free - only time required to collect them.
 
what exactly does the article say? Does it say it does not help in already estabilshed arthritis? What about prevention and maintaining joint health? As far as i'm aware non of the drug reps have ever sold it to me as a "cure" it's always be sold as a kind of preventative to help slow down the start of arthritic conditions and help maintain joint function.
 
Mmmm. Another success story here. I have a ruined knuckle that started hurting badly and on my husband's advice I took it and after 2 months the pain went and has not returned. He recommended it because he has a badly healed scafoid bone fracture and his surgeon told him it would freeze solid and he would have no flexion in his wrist. It took 3 months but he is free of pain (after 30 years!) and has more movement than ever before in it. I understand the placebo effect in humans perfectly, but taking 2 or 3 months to kick in?? That seems odd. I've read the link to the study though, and I can't fault it. Maybe osteo-arthritis does not respond in the same way as injury-related joint damage as my knuckle and his wrist were both?
 
I thought this was quite interesting too, but I wondered if the same applied to Cortaflex? I remember reading on a website how the glucosamine molecules are too big for the horse to be able to absorb properly, so manufactures just put higher and higher levels of glucosamine in their supplements in the theory that with so much in the system, some must pass through! (Please correct me if I'm wrong), but then it was saying how Cortaflex works differently but not containing Glucosamine but containing Hy-somethingorother acids and I think amino acids (can't remember but something like that) which are the building blocks for joint tissue/cartilage, which are much smaller so the horse is able to absorb them properly... I'll try and find the website! Unless this is just a selling point? xxxx
 
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