CHONDROITIN BENEFICIAL FOR HAND ARTHRITIS

A study published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology (Nov, 2011) has shown that chondroitin decreases pain and improves function in patients with osteoarthritis of the hand. Grip sterngth was not improved. The dose was 800 mg daily, consisting of chondroitins 4 and 6 of fish origin.

COMMENT: Chondroitin is commonly used with glucosamine, the latter which has definitive evidence of benefit on osteoarthritis of extremity joints. Chondroitin alone has been shown not to be effective in arthritis of the hip or knee, but apparently does in the hand. Nevertheless, I recommend using glucosamine either alone or with other additives that appear to work better.

Posted on Sun, January 22, 2012 by Larry Altshuler, M.D. filed under

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1. Carlos wrote:
The science is in the food, we do not have to have collrotned scientific research we just have to feed our pets natural food ie not out of a can or packet . no understanding necessary beyond the fact that it works otherwise nature would not have created it that way over millions of years. A canine carnivore needs canine carnivore specific food not kibble!You go play collrotned scientific games and I'll keeping fixing up the mess you and your reductionist collegues perpetrate on dogs for the sake of control and profit.I never expected to convince you of anything-you are not open and your arguments hide behind scientific convention as you demonstrate.Way too many of those long lived dogs on commercial food lead misserable lives for so many years before death with the attendant high veterinary costs but I guess thats the idea and no I dont expect you to understand this.Here we have a classic case of science getting in the way when nature does the job, but wheres the profit in that.Now as by way of totally un-scientific reasoning. A 10 year old dog has bad joint movement as arthritis has set in after years of commercial dog food additives strip-mining its collagen the vital tough elastic fibre that keeps joints reinforced. Now because the dog is missing out on high quality biological protein from fresh meats, bones and organs and instead is ingesting heat processed grain based commercial food which blocks the intestine wall from absorbing vital nutrients, collagen depletion sets in and the skeletal support system is compromised.No rocket science necassary it's just what happens as a result of bad diet. What is interesting is the multi million dollar industry that has sprung up to profit from this unfortunate situation, drugs, prescription diets et all.At the end of the day, good diet supporting a strong immune system is all thats necessary-no scientists need apply.

Tue, May 22, 2012 @ 7:28 AM

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