KNEE ARTHRITIS - General principles of managing Osteoarthritis of the knee :

Reversal - - Posted by NikkiE (NikkiE), 7 December 2004

I have been doing my homework on the internet about Glucosamine and Chondroitin. Lots of sites claim that these substances can reverse osteoarthritis. Has anybody ever heard of a case where anybody was actually able to reverese arthritis and build new cartilidge, or are the claims or reversal more to do with the reduction of pain?

Some sites also say you should take antioxidants, vit B5 and B3, Vit E and a few other substances like Green Lipped Mussels. Does anyone know the effficacy of these supplemenets? Or the quantities they should be taken?

I feel that I may be clutching at straws here but at age 38, I am still unwilling to accept that a lot of the things I enjoyed doing, I should not do any more and that all there is to look forward to is increasing pain, loss of mobility and multiple major surgical procedures.

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