Glucosamine is found naturally in the body. It is an amino sugar (aminomonosaccharide – amino = protein; monosaccharide = simple sugar) which contains sulphur and is used for growth and repair of connective tissues, joints and cartilage. It is found actually IN the cartilage, but less so as we age. (Glucosamine isn’t the only substance in cartilage that diminishes though, so it won't magically restore all cartilage that has been lost). The cartilage gets thinner, leading to onset and/or progression of arthritis. Glucosamine, when taken either orally or by IV injection, goes into the blood stream and then is taken up by the tissues. There it helps rebuild .  Read the complete review

Glucosamine Sulphate I have always had bad knees since I was in my twenties and they ached and creak now that I am in my late fourties, I could really feel the pain of moving around and especially when I went up and down the stairs as you could hear my knees clicking. That was until one of my friends recommended me to take Glucosamine Sulphate, which can be bought from the health shops and chemist in tablet form, gel form and in capsules. Glucosamine Sulphate will cost from £4.45 for a bottle of 90 capsules or tablets and around £5.99 for a tube of the gel. I have tried all of them and they all work as well as each other, the gel is rubbed into ...  Read the complete review

Glucosamine sulphate is the first product I have tried that has significantly reduced pain and swelling. I have ongoing problems with my hip following a car accident, and regularly take pain killers, and have injections. This product has worked miracles! Tests have shown remarkable results, including pain relief, and reducing inflammation, with no known side effects. Glucosamine is made in the body from sugar, and is used to stimulate the growth of cartilage. It plays a vital role in repairing joints and keeping them functioning normally. As we get older, our bodies produce less glucosamine, and as demand outstrips supply it becomes more difficult for joints ...  Read the complete review

I swear by the stuff! I have been taking glucosamine since June 2000 and I can honestly say it beats even the best painkillers. Here is my story! When I was in my early teens I suffered from agonising knee pains and my parents fobbed me off with 'growing pains' saying that it would get better when I stopped growing. But it didn't - in fact they became worse. The pains, although intermittent, were in my knees, ankles, wrists, shoulders and neck. I have a form of arthritis - ok, so it is mild by most standards as I only get 'attacks' every couple of months, but when I do get them they are disabling. I had to take time off work and I ...  Read the complete review

I suffer from sore knee and elbows just lately; it has got to the point where I hobble along the corridor when I get up in the morning. My knees are the worst and it is absolute agony walking down stairs. Old age? It frightened me to death when someone said that to me the other week, but they were half joking, well I think they were. I had visions of me in a years time stooped over a walking stick, shuffling along in a pair of tartan slippers to the post office to collect my pension. Pull yourself together woman!!!!!!!!! I do get rather worried about growing old even at my prime age of forty-three. I went to the health shop and asked them ...  Read the complete review