Madeleine
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Totally off any topic except maybe innkeeper health, but can anyone tell me, or point me to research, that explains if glucosamine HCl + chondroitin sulfate is as beneficial as glucosamine sulfate?
What I can gather is the best combo is glucosamine sulfate + chondroitin + MSM. But no one seems to sell glucosamine sulfate in combo with the others. So I'm not sure if having the sulfate in the chondroitin is good enough. And the research on glucosamine HCl by itself seems to point to no benefits above what a placebo offers.
Also, if you take any of this, how big are the tablets/capsules? Aspirin size? Calcium size? Choke a horse size?
I wish pharma would think that not everyone can swallow pills and put the size of the pill on the label!
I'd ask at the pharmacy but most of them seem totally clueless about OTC anything.
What I can gather is the best combo is glucosamine sulfate + chondroitin + MSM. But no one seems to sell glucosamine sulfate in combo with the others. So I'm not sure if having the sulfate in the chondroitin is good enough. And the research on glucosamine HCl by itself seems to point to no benefits above what a placebo offers.
Also, if you take any of this, how big are the tablets/capsules? Aspirin size? Calcium size? Choke a horse size?
I wish pharma would think that not everyone can swallow pills and put the size of the pill on the label!
I'd ask at the pharmacy but most of them seem totally clueless about OTC anything.