Popular additions to fight pain in the joints work, study finds

Two popular additions accepted by millions of people around the world to combat pain in the joints, no work, research published online in the British Medical Journal.

Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin are by osteoarthritis in the knees and hips own hit or in combination, to reduce the pain.

Researchers led by Professor Peter Jüni at the University of Bern in Switzerland, so you argue that regarding these additions are not dangerous "We see with who as long they prepared as you continue to perceive no harm an advantage and cover the cost of treating yourself".

However, added: "health authorities and health insurers must not cover the cost of these preparations and new recipes for patients who should have received no treatment be discouraged".

Say arthrosis of the hip or knee is a chronic disease, mainly with pain medications and drugs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, but you can the heart and stomach problems, especially if long plazo.tratamientos, which not only the pain to reduce, but slows the progression of the disease it desirable, the authors.

In the last decade GPS and rheumatologists have increasingly more Glucosamine and Chondroitin for your patients.And prescribed, which bought many people around the world have revenues of Glucosamine supplements that reached almost $ 2,000, an increase of 60% since 2003 in the 2008 contador.En worldwide.

The authors say the results from existing studies on the effectiveness of Glucosamine and Chondroitin, contradictorios.Por are therefore requires a review a large-scale studies to determine whether or additions are not working.

Professor Jüni and his colleagues analyzed the results of published studies 10 3803 patients with osteoarthritis knee or cadera.Evaluaron changes once the patients took Glucosamine, Chondroitin, or their combination with placebo or head to head pain levels.

Found no clinically relevant effects of chondroitin, glucosamine, or their combination in perceived pain articulate joints or space narrowing.

Despite this observation, some patients are convinced that these preparations are advantage, you say the autores.Ellos suggest that this may be because the natural course of osteoarthritis or the placebo effect.

Connect "when compared to placebo, glucosamine, Chondroitin and their combination not reduce pain in the joints or affect the articular.Las place the narrowing of the health authorities and health insurers must discourage funding of the treatment of Glucosamine and Chondroitin,".

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