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 Soothes Joints
In an eight-week, double-blind trial, glucosamine was found to have long-lasting benefits for all age related joint stress. The randomized test was carried out on 40 patients and was given 1.5 g of glucosamine sulfate. Both groups showed improved range of motion, with those using glucosamine showing marked improvement by week eight.

Glucosamine Provides Long-Range Healing

A medical study, conducted on 30 people, 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 slows the progression of Osteoporosis

This 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

See also: Chondroitin sulfate
Glucosamine is also known as:    Glucosamine sulfate, N-Acetyl Glucosamine