A negative verdict for glucosamine and chondroitin supplements

In 2006, the National Institutes of Health’s Glucosamine/Chrondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT) showed that these popular arthritis supplements don’t help. But many patients held out hope that an ongoing second GAIT would uncover some benefit.

Now results are in for the second part of this landmark trial, and the final analysis suggest more of the same: Glucosamine and chondroitin supplements do not effectively treat osteoarthritis (OA).

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