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Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate in Knee Osteoarthritis | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali Alkazzaz | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Osteoarthritis common disease of knee joint , due to aging specially after age of 40 , it disorder of synovial joint .the glucosamine and chondrotin provide much of the resistance to compression and its used now for the treatment .the aim of this study to show the effect of this dietary supplement in knee osteoarthritis ,between 2006 &2008 in merjan teaching hospital 120 patients was selected according to ACR criteria & divided in two groups 60 for each ,they examined and follow-up regularly for six months ,group [1] given the dietary supplement ,the other given NSIAD [meloxicam],the knee joints of both groups examined at regular interval to show the response according to different parameter ,the functional score show improvement 31 while group [2] show 26 and the visual analogue score was more improved in group [1] than in group [2] and the radiological score show no difference In this study the dietary supplement show rapid improvement with maximum at 4 months while other group show improvement at 2 months with no more improvement , the side effect in group [1] were less in group [2]. The glucosamine and chondrotin should be uswd as alternative drugs tn NSAIDs because less side effect and better response in different functional score. | ||
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