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Chondroitin and Glucosamine

NEWS:

Glucosamine Has a Disease-Modifying Effect on Osteoarthritis

ARTICLES:

Dietary Supplements for Treatment of Arthritis

Topic: Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine in Treating Arthritis

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A two-year study of chondroitin sulfate in erosive osteoarthritis of the hands: behavior of erosions, osteophytes, pain and hand dysfunction. (Drugs Exp Clin Res)

Chondroitin sulfate in palatal wound healing. (J Dent Res)

Effect of glucosamine supplementation on fasting and non-fasting plasma glucose and serum insulin concentrations in healthy individuals. (Osteoarthritis Cartilage)

Effectiveness of glucosamine for symptoms of knee osteoarthritis: Results from an internet-based randomized double-blind controlled trial (The American Journal of Medicine)

Glucosamine sulfate reduces osteoarthritis progression in postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: evidence from two 3-year studies. (Menopause)

Increased and localized accumulation of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans in the hyperplastic human prostate. (BJU Int)

Intermittent treatment of knee osteoarthritis with oral chondroitin sulfate: a one-year, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study versus placebo. (Osteoarthritis Cartilage)

Medical management of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip joints. (Med J Aust)

Rheumatology and musculoskeletal medicine. (Br J Gen Pract)

Selected CAM therapies for arthritis-related pain: the evidence from systematic reviews. (Clin J Pain)

The pathobiology of osteoarthritis and the rationale for using the chondroitin sulfate for its treatment. (Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord)

The use of conventional and complementary treatments for knee osteoarthritis in the community. (Rheumatology (Oxford))

This house believes that we should advise our patients with osteoarthritis of the knee to take glucosamine. (Rheumatology (Oxford).)

The use of glucosamine therapy in osteoarthritis. (Curr Rheumatol Rep)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH-11. Can glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis?

NIH-CCAM Questions and Answers: NIH Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT)

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