hondroitin reduces both cartilage loss and bone lesions in knee osteoarthritis patients

New randomized double blind placebo controlled trial from the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases journal showed that chondroitin supplementation significantly decreased cartilage loss and bone damage in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Sure beats a knee replacement :-) Many people do not know that a dirty little secret in medicine is that many of the knee replacements being done, especially on younger people are going to wear out, and it is much more difficult and dangerous to do a second knee replacement.

Chondroitin sulphate reduces both cartilage volume loss and bone marrow lesions in knee osteoarthritis patients starting as early as 6 months after initiation of therapy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study using MRI