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pullingpleasure
Mar 12, 2004, 1:47 AM
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i quit, do what you will with the info...its no loss to me
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rocknut1
Mar 17, 2004, 5:25 PM
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I have had ACL surgey on both knees and ligaments repaired in both knees.
I am going to have a meniscus repaired in April in my left knee.
My knees suck, they are both arthritic and I can even tell when its going to rain or snow by how much my knees hurt. My orthopedic doctor says
that Glucosamine / Chondroitin is all mental and does nothing. Taking one Alleve a day is better, and it actually does something and costs a 1/4 of the Glucosamine supplements.
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jt512
Mar 17, 2004, 6:58 PM
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In reply to: My orthopedic doctor says that Glucosamine / Chondroitin is all mental and does nothing.
If he's talking about arthritis, then what he is saying contradicts a body of placebo-controlled trials. For tendons and ligaments he may be right.
-Jay
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cjain
Mar 18, 2004, 10:16 PM
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In reply to: Very often Glucosamine Sulfate is sold together with Chondroitin Sulfate and that seems to be what most people are buying (including myself, so far). It's become difficult to buy just Glucosamine by itself--I just checked the costco.com web site ( I get mine from Costco) and couldn't find a glucosamine product that didn't have chondroitin added. Also, I understand that Chondroitin is the more expensive part of the mix. But from the absracts I've been reading, I'm getting the impression that high molecular weight Chondroitin is no longer considered very promising and a lot of the current research is focusing on more expensive low molecular weight Chondroitin. The less expensive Glucosamine/Chondroitin mixes don't state what the molecular weight of the Chondroitin is. For example I have the "Kirkland" (Costco store brand) one and it doesn't say anything about molecular weight. So I'd assume they are using less expensive high molecular weight Chondroitin. Makes me wonder whether I'm wasting money and should look around for either just Glucosamine by itself or spring for the more expensive stuff with the high molecular weight Chondroitin. Anyone know more about this?
By the way, after posting this I emailed Costco customer service asking about the molecular weight of the chondroitin. Turns out that for the Kirkland brand products at least it is high molecular weight: 50,000 daltons. So think I probably have been wasting my money, but then I really don't know much about chondroitin other then just some stuff that I've read.
Anyone know more about the molecular weight issue?
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andy_reagan
Mar 19, 2004, 12:46 AM
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The molecular weight issue is a very delicate issue around here. We wish not to talk about it, thereby honoring it in all of its delicateness. Please respect our wishes.
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