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Chondroitin
Aka: Chondroitin, Chondroitin sulfate
- Indications
- Osteoarthritis (not recommended)
- Mechanism
- Endogenous glycosaminoglycan contained in joint matrix
- Efficacy: Does not appear effective for Osteoarthritis
- Effect requires at least one month of therapy
- Recent large studies suggest that Chondroitin is not effective
- Initially appeared more effective than Placebo at relieving pain
- Adding Chondroitin to Glucosamine does not offer significant benefit
- References
- Reichenbach (2007) Ann Intern Med 146:580-90
- Source
- Animal sources such as shark and cow cartilage
- Theoretical risk of animal disease contamination
- Dosing
- Chondroitin 400 mg orally three time daily
- Adverse Effects
- Well tolerated
- Gastrointestinal upset
- References
- Leeb (2000) J Rheumatol 27:205-11
- McAlindon (2000) JAMA 283:1469-75
