Glucosamine/chondroitin uses

[JohnnyBuddha]

Hey, i was wondering what your experiences have been with this stuff. More specifically, i was wondering if you need to take this supplement regularly to notice a difference (i.e. reduced pain in joints and muscles) or whether it can be taken only when feeling pain and still be effective. To save money and decrease the amount of supplements I take, I'd obviously like this to be effective "on the spot" as opposed to needing to build it up in my system regularly.

 

[w0cyru01]

Hey, i was wondering what your experiences have been with this stuff. More specifically, i was wondering if you need to take this supplement regularly to notice a difference (i.e. reduced pain in joints and muscles) or whether it can be taken only when feeling pain and still be effective. To save money and decrease the amount of supplements I take, I'd obviously like this to be effective "on the spot" as opposed to needing to build it up in my system regularly.

For me it isn't. I have to take it for 2-3 weeks before I notice it.

 

[Golden ArmsS]

Hey, i was wondering what your experiences have been with this stuff. More specifically, i was wondering if you need to take this supplement regularly to notice a difference (i.e. reduced pain in joints and muscles) or whether it can be taken only when feeling pain and still be effective. To save money and decrease the amount of supplements I take, I'd obviously like this to be effective "on the spot" as opposed to needing to build it up in my system regularly.

it takes about a month to kick in before you notice the effects of it - when i start training again, i will definitely get back on it

 

[Ian Coe]

yeah, sorry, but it is one of those things that accumulates in you.

Its not a magic pill that you can take and it help your joints

 

[thedon_1]

When i started boxing, my knees used to make a cracking noise, and the joint used to hurt a bit, i took glucosamine, and at first in small doses, and it really made a difference and my joints now feel alot better because of it.

 

[JohnnyBuddha]

Thanks to all of you. I was hoping it could be instant like an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...look how smart i am) but I guess not. Oh well. It's not that expensive, so I'd better start accumulating it in my system because I hate missing training time due to strains and whatnot.

 

[wufabufa]

my doctor recomended it to me after i had a partially torn acl and bruised meniscus. it definately helped me recover alot faster than i had expected. after a month and a half i was good to go. but yeah, it has to build up in your body first for you to notice any positive affects.

 

[XTrainer]

http://www.glucosamine-osteoarthritis.org/glucosamine/how-glucosamine-works.html

This might be helpful.

 

[pSyKOaLby]

The guy who introduced Glucosamine to the American market said that it only has a 40% success rate through an 8-week timespan.

 

[DEVILsSON]

Helped me put a 2 year nagging shoulder injury behind me. Also is doing hell of a job recovering from a complete Lateral Meniscus tear.

You generally need to take it for 4-6 weeks before you notice the benefits but if you take it 2-3 times a day...ie 2-3 times the recommended dosage it may kick in sooner...still need to take it for at least couple weeks to notice anything. It's not by any means an instant pain relief.

 

[Madmick]

Yeah, it's supposed to take like a month to take effect. That's what Eric Heiden told my little brother.

 

[Egg_Sauce01]

 

[Standard]

Can you take this forever and it'll keep helping or do you build an immunity to it after awhile?

Glucosamine occurs naturally in your body, so you do take it forever, your body just produces less overtime or not enough so supplementing it is bennefical.

 

[_All-State_]

Doesn't work for me. Some people swear by them though.

 

[DonkeyPuncher]

While we're on the topic, any body have insight as to the differences between glucosamine chloride vs. sulfate. When I googled it, it looked like the effects were equivalent, but my MMA coach was saying the sulfate has lower absorbtion rates. ANy truth to this?

 

[Egg_Sauce01]

 

[fightingfetus]

My kneee use to pop fairly regularly and painfully(once every month or two). When I tore the cartilage in my knee the docs said my cartilage was folding in my knee and that was the pop. After this happened when I pulled a triangle on someone I decided to give gluc./chondroitin a try and it has never popped since. I didn't notice any rapid or extreme response, but rather no joint issues in the last 1.5 years. So maybe Ive been doing something different but my joints are holding up much better.

 

[DEVILsSON]

My kneee use to pop fairly regularly and painfully(once every month or two). When I tore the cartilage in my knee the docs said my cartilage was folding in my knee and that was the pop. After this happened when I pulled a triangle on someone I decided to give gluc./chondroitin a try and it has never popped since. I didn't notice any rapid or extreme response, but rather no joint issues in the last 1.5 years. So maybe Ive been doing something different but my joints are holding up much better.

Hey did you have a surgery to fix the tear or did it heal on its own? How long did it take to heal? what types of things did you do to rehab?


I myself recently tore my lateral meniscus(complete tear)....so now I am trying to heal without surgery against my docs advice.....gluc/chon has been helping with the pain so that there's just about no pain, except when I bend my knee through the last part of ROM....cant do squats for now due to that....and I have like a pop/something getting jammed feeling when I get to a certain point when I squat....it seems like a hurdle....similar to what you describe....I am very curious to hear your story....

 

[Standard]

I mean is it like creatine where if you take it for a few months you will lose the effects or is it something you can take forever and you'll still see results.

Anything i have read on glucosamine does not suggest that it can't be taken long term. Same as a vitamin etc. its just adding something that your body needs more of.

I may be mistaken here but i am almost postive that the thought of cycling creatine is all but considered false today, the reasons being that your body always creates creatine and your diet should always contain some creatine so again your again adding something your body needs/could use more of. There could be problems with taking very high dosages. As for the effects they do not deminish over time, you mearly become used to them, if you were to stop taking creatine for say a month you may noticed a decrease in performance.

 

[DEVILsSON]

cycling creatine is not needed.....