Vandaag in de krant....wel vreemd dat het voor 'n klein beetje artrose NIET schijnt te helpen, maar voor
ergere artrose WEL verlichting brengt..
Ik weet niet of het anders is bij de honden ?
Maar als het bij lichte artrose weinig verschil maakt, dan lijkt het me helemaal overbodig om het als voorzorg te geven.
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Supplements may not help mild arthritis
Health-store cures don't offer pain relief for minor joint aches and pain, study finds.
By ALICIA CHANG
The Associated Press
For many arthritis sufferers, the search for the best and safest pain relief has led to a health store for supplements.
But the largest and most rigorous study so far suggests the salve for mildly aching knees doesn't lie there.
popular supplements glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, were no better than dummy pills at pain relief, government researchers concluded.
At the same time, the supplements did seem to help people with more severe arthritis, although more research is needed.
"We still have a bit of a conundrum," said Dr. Tim McAlindon, a Tufts University rheumatologist who had no role in the new study.
The long-awaited research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is the latest effort by the government to scrutinize these untested health remedies.
Dr. John Klippel, president of the Arthritis Foundation, said arthritis sufferers should not necessarily abandon glucosamine and chondroitin.
"Supplements continue to be an important option for some people," he said.
The arthritis research, published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, is the third major study in a year to find no overall benefit from some of the most popular nutritional supplements. Recently, research showed the herb saw palmetto didn't reduce symptoms of an enlarged prostate, and last year a study indicated echinacea didn't prevent or treat colds.
Unlike drugs, such supplements are only loosely regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and their makers don't have to prove the products are safe or effective.
The drug Celebrex did reduce pain - 70 percent of the 1,583 patients studied reported reduced pain, compared with 60 percent for a dummy pill, 64 percent for glucosamine and 65 percent for chondroitin - affirming the study's validity. The drug is being studied to see if it's safe for people at risk of heart problems.
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Facts about arthritis:
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects the knees, hips, back and the small joints in the fingers.
More than 20 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, a number that is expected to double as boomers age over the next two decades.
Worldwide spending for glucosamine and chondroitin, supplements made from animal cartilage and shellfish, was $1.7 billion in 2005.
At least 5 million Americans use the two supplements either alone or together.
Source: The Arthritis Foundation
ik heb vooral kraakbeenproblemen die tot artrose zouden kunnen leiden.
