Article: Knee Pain: The Verdict Is In On Glucosamine vs. Prescription Pain Killers
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Knee Pain: The Verdict Is In On Glucosamine vs. Prescription Pain Killers
Knee pain sufferers who weren't sure if they should take the supplement glucosamine or pain killers for knee pain relief now have some answers to this frequently debated question.
Two clinical trials have found that knee pain sufferers got more pain relief with glucosamine than with a commonly used painkiller in Europe.
Glucosamine is already widely used for knee pain and other arthritis related ailments in the United States. US consumers spent $800 million on glucosamine during 2004, and in Japan retail sales reached $200 million, according to Euromonitor.
Glucosamine is often used in combination with chondroitin sulphate.
One trial by the US government-funded National Institutes of Health involved almost 1,500 osteoarthritis pat...
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