Natural Treatment for
Osteoarthritis
Instead of just dulling your pain and brain with drugs or getting costly
dangerous surgery, many people in Europe, Asia, and a few in the USA are now
curing the symptoms of osteoarthritis. These people are getting excellent
results using a combination of natural supplements that slow and eventually
eliminate the disease in many patients. The approach includes a combination of
two nutritional supplements called glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Both
glucosamine and chondroitin are available without a doctor's prescription.
These are substances we already consume and our bodies produce
in very small quantities. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates have
no known negative side effects unlike painkillers such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
and cortisone injections which can do significant damage to your body.
Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates can actually help your body repair its
damaged or weakened cartilage by assisting your body's own natural
repair mechanisms.
Glucosamine Relieves Pain Better Than Drugs:
In an eight-week, double-blind trial, glucosamine was found to have longer
lasting benefits than commonly prescribed painkillers. The randomized test was
carried out on 40 patients with knee osteoarthrosis who were given either 1.5 g
of glucosamine sulfate or 1.2 g of ibuprofen. Both groups showed a reduction in
pain, with those using glucosamine showing marked improvement by week eight.
Glucosamine Provides Long-Range Healing:
A medical study, conducted on 30 people suffering from osteoarthrosis,
revealed the long-lasting effects of glucosamine. The patients took 400 mg
of glucosamine sulfate for one week, then one group took glucosamine
capsules while the other group took a placebo for the following two weeks.
Researchers discovered that those who remained on glucosamine for the entire
period improved dramatically, while those taken off the glucosamine regressed,
but not to pre-treatment level.
Glucosamine helps the manufacture of collagen, the protein part
of a fibrous substance that holds your joints together. Collagen is the major
component of the shock-absorbing cushion "articular cartilage" which
is the white smooth surface that covers the ends of your body joints like
fingers, wrists, knees, and others.
Glucosamine helps bind water in the body's cartilage matrixes.
It has been shown to increase collagen and normalize cartilage metabolism, to
help keep your cartilage from breaking down. Glucosamine can kickstart the
production of cartilage main elements and protect them at the same time.
Glucosamine can help the body fix damaged cartilage in your body
Glucosamine slows the progression of OsteoporosisThis week in The
Lancet medical journal a randomized, placebo-controlled long term study was
published that not only found that glucosamine improved symptoms by
approximately 25%, but can slow or stop the progression of osteoporosis. The
study divided 212 patients into two groups. One group received 1500-mg
glucosamine sulfate and the other a placebo daily for three years. Patients on
the glucosamine treatment experienced an improvement in symptoms compared to a
worsening of symptoms in those taking the placebo. However, the most important
observation in this study was that those taking the placebo had a progressive
narrowing of the joint space indicating a progression of the disease process.
Those taking the glucosamine sulfate did not have a narrowing of the
joint-space, suggesting that glucosamine actually improved the structural
integrity of the joints. Lancet 2001; 357: 251-56
Glucosamine is also known as:
Glucosamine sulfate, N-Acetyl Glucosamine
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