MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'glucosamine'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:16 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862543&cid=t_147415_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-veterinary-supplement-industry-do-the-treatments-work%2F2011.05.25 An Embarrassment of Riches? Much has been written here about the dietary supplement business, a multibillion dollar industry with powerful political connections, and about the woeful inadequacy of regulation which allows widespread marketing of supplements without a solid basis in science or scientific evidence. The veterinary supplement market is a pittance compared to the human market, but still a billion-dollar pittance that is growing rapidly. Unfortunately, the resources available for good quality research in veterinary healthcare are also a pittance, and it is not at all unusual for our pets to suffer, or even be euthanized, as a result of treatable diseases for want of money to pay for needed care. So $1 billion a year spent on nutritional supplements may not be such a good deal if ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862543 Wed, 25 May 2011 21:00:44 +0100 4862543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854522&cid=t_147415_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-improbable-unsinkable-glucosamine%2F2010.08.10 Glucosamine is widely used for osteoarthritis pain. It’s not as impossible as homeopathy, but its rationale is improbable. As I explained in a previous post: Wallace Sampson, one of the other authors of this blog, has pointed out that the amount of glucosamine in the typical supplement dose is on the order of 1/1000th to 1/10,000th of the available glucosamine in the body, most of which is produced by the body itself. He says, “Glucosamine is not an essential nutrient like a vitamin or an essential amino acid, for which small amounts make a large difference. How much difference could that small additional amount make? If glucosamine or chondroitin worked, this would be a medical first and worthy of a Nobel. It probably cannot work.” Nevertheless, glucosamine (alone or with chondr... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854522 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:00:34 +0100 3854522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298637&cid=t_147415_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F23%2Fwalking-and-glucosamine-helps-people-with-osteoarthritis%2F Osteoarthritis is a condition characterised by degeneration of cartilage in joints. I commonly affects joints such as the hips and knees, and when it does, it can make walking (and other movements) difficult and painful. Those with osteoarthritis are often recommended to engage in exercise which, in theory, does not put the joints as further [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298637 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:50:29 +0100 3298637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657723&cid=t_147415_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FNwUIs3qXV4o%2F Let’s play Jeopardy! Answer: 33.9 billion on CAM. {cue the Jeopardy! music} Question: How much did Americans spend on complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) in 12 months? On top of the trillions of dollars (with a “tr”) spent annually on health care in the United States, Americans are spending almost 34 billion - with a “b” - on alternative treatments. According to the NIH/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, about 38% of Americans use some sort of CAM to either stay healthy or help manage or treat illness or symptoms of illness. CAM covers a wide variety of practices, too numerous to mention. But the most commonly known are: acupuncture chiropractics homeopathy supplements The Center broke down the costs even further: $22 bill... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657723 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:16:53 +0100 2657723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1844712&cid=t_147415_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D4749 Users and prescribers of these two supplements take heed. The Glucosamine/chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT), which followed about 570 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee for two years, has found that none of the treatment groups showed a significant benefit in influencing progressive loss of joint space. Ref: Sawitzke AD et al. The effect of glucosamine and/or chondroitin sulfate on the progression of knee osteoarthritis: A report from the Glucosamine/chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial. Arthritis & Rheumatism 58:3183-3191, 2008 Related MMR posts on osteoarthritis a Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate found ineffective in osteoarthritis (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1844712 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1844712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1279414&cid=t_147415_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fglucosamine-untried-untested-and.html I have a lot of sympathy for patients with chronic illness who, having failed to find the answer they need from science, look further afield beyond the confines of conventional medicine. Medical science has no easy answer to osteoarthritis. Joint replacement comes at the end of a long road of pain and disability and is not possible for all joints. No wonder that the chiropracters and osteopaths and other purveyors of rubbing therapies make so much money. And, if you are really desperate, you can always find someone who will stick needles in you and talk about Yin and Yang. It all passes the time, and takes your mind of more intractable problems.And so we come to glucosamine. With chondroitin if you like. It is not difficult to find - Simple Supplements has a competitively priced product.I ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1279414 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:12:00 +0100 1279414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=874678&cid=t_147415_129_f&fid=36191&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arthritisblog.org Anupam: Arthritis patients, using dietary supplement chondroitin to relieve joint pain may be using it in vain because it is no better than a placebo for reducing pain. Study, conducted by the Swiss researchers that published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, came out promulgating this fact after reviewing data from 20 clinical trials, which tracked more than 3,846 patients. During the course of study, experts found no evidence, showing chondroitin effective against osteoarthritis. This finding stands head to head to the assumption, under whose impel chondroitin is considered quite effective against osteoarthritis. Chondroitin is generally combined with glucosamine, which is also a supplement. Interestingly, experts found no side effects in using this combination (chondroitin/glucos... Arthritis Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=874678 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:38:10 +0100 874678