While chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate both have well-documented, beneficial effects in patients with osteoarthritis, the exact molecular actions of these drugs are also unknown.

Randomized trials on the effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis (OA) have yielded mixed results; the largest trial showed no benefit for these agents, used alone or in ...

Glucosamine, chondroitin, and the combination are no better than placebo in attenuating joint pain or limiting joint-space narrowing in patients with hip or knee OA. Nevertheless, clinicians ...

What are the health benefits of glucosamine supplements? - Glucosamine is a building block of cartilage so could taking a supplement benefit joint health?

Many of us live with joint pain; osteoarthritis affects 1 in 10 people in the UK, and many also suffer injuries from sports or accidents. Millions swear that glucosamine helps them – here in the ...

U.S. consumers spent $753 million in 2012 on supplements of glucosamine and chondroitin in an attempt to relieve pain and stiffness from arthritis, according to the Nutrition Business Journal. But the ...

The body can make its own glucosamine, but supplements are sometimes used by people looking to relieve pain and symptoms of osteoarthritis and other joint disorders. Most glucosamine supplements ...

Of the 2,485 respondents who said osteoarthritis was one of their most bothersome conditions, just 25 percent of those who used glucosamine and chondroitin found that they "helped a lot." ...