[at-l] Glucosomene

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

You may notice that I put "in the longer time frame" in there. There have
been studies comparing ibuprophen with glucosamine and IIRC, ibuprophen was
better for the first two weeks and glucosamine better beyond that time
frame. There are claims that long term ibuprophen can degrade the joint
healing processes I don't know how true these claims are.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

>
> At 08:40 PM 1/19/2003 -0500, J Bryan Kramer wrote:
> >...clip... Glucosamine seems to work better than
> >vitamin I in the longer time frame.  ...clip...
>
> Comparing glucosamine and ibuprophen is comparing apples and
> oranges.  They
> do entirely different things albeit with the same result
> (sometimes).  Ibuprophen is a pain reliever in the NSAID class of
> drugs.  It reduces inflammation and gives short term (hours) pain
> relief.  Glucosamine is a dietary supplement that provides the body with
> the chemicals necessary to repair and rebuild the soft tissue damage that
> causes chronic knee pain.  If you have pain due to overexertion that has
> not damaged the tissue padding the joint but merely irritated your knees,
> ibuprophen is the appropriate remedy.  Glucosamine is *not* a pain killer
> and is useless for such problems.  OTOH if (as I had from 7 years of
> running) your pain is the result of damage to the cartilage and only
> returns as soon as the last dose of an NSAID wears off, glucosamine *may*
> help heal that damage and over the long term that healing (not the
> glucosamine directly) will result in lessening or cessation of pain with
> the added benefit that you need not take ibuprophen continuously
> to control
> pain.  Ibuprophen BTW , if taken daily over a long period of time (a year
> or more), *may* result in kidney damage.
>
> Saunterer
>
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