U.S. consumers spent $753 million in 2012 on supplements of glucosamine and chondroitin in an attempt to relieve pain and stiffness from arthritis, according to the Nutrition Business Journal.

Millions swear that glucosamine helps them – here in the UK we spend more than £50m a year on it - but is it worth the money? How much glucosamine is in your pills? Most glucosamine supplements ...

While chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate both have well-documented, beneficial effects in patients with osteoarthritis, the exact molecular actions of these drugs are also unknown.

med.monash.edu.au Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of oral glucosamine supplementation on the functional ability and degree of pain felt by individuals who had regular ...