Chondroitin Sulfate

Natural Treatment for Osteo-arthritis

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.

Chondroitin More Effective Than Drug Treatment

In a sixth-month-long, double-blind study, chondroitin sulfate had longer- lasting benefits than nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In this randomized test, 146 patients with knee osteo-arthritis were given either drugs, a placebo or chondroitin sulfate for six months. Research showed that although those on NSAIDs had prompt pain reduction, the pain returned at the end of treatment, while those on chondroitin sulfate responded slower but for a longer period of time, up to three months after the treatment was over.

Chondroitin sulfate acts like a bunch of magnets attracting fluid into proteoglycan molecules. This is important to your body for two main reasons: 1) this fluid sweeps nutrients into your cartilage and 2) the fluid acts as a spongy shock absorber.

Chondroitin can protect your existing cartilage from a premature degeneration or breakdown. It does this by blocking certain cartilage destroying enzymes and enzymes that prevent transporting of nutrients.

Chodroitin sulfates have been found effective for people suffering from osteoarthritis. Glucosamine or chodroitin can work synergistically when taken together to stimulate cartilage production and to help control cartilage damaging enzymes. Your body can heal itself by using both of these supplements. The glucosamine and chondroitin combination is a powerful "natural" weapon against osteoarthritis.