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[venta]

Newsflash! Science can save you money!

I take glucosamine tablets, because I have lots of joint problems. I don't know whether it does any good, but it seemed like a worthwhile idea. I'm running out of pills.

Just before popping out to the shops, I idly went to Wikipedia to read up about glucosamine. Among other things, I have discovered that according to a Cochrane review, it doesn't do much (although they were looking more at effects on athritis). So maybe I won't bother.

If, in a few weeks time, bits of me are hurting more, I may go back to taking them because I'm willing to pay a few quid for a possibly placebo-based effect. If not, hurrah, money saved.

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[beckyc.livejournal.com]

When I was training for the Inca trail a few years ago (said training knackers the knees), one GP swore that Glucosamine was fabulous for joints* and gave me an NHS prescription for it. At the followup with a different GP, that one swore *at* the glucosamine and said it was for really gullible people.

*Although this was for exercise damage, not any kind of arthritis.