Glucosamine in osteoarthritis: questions remain.

@article{citeulike:2696655, abstract = {Glucosamine is now widely used in the hope that it will relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis and stop its progression, yet studies have so far failed to prove convincingly that it works, how it might work, or whether it is safe to take long-term. This is an overview of the evidence to date for currently available glucosamine preparations, as well as for glucosamine used in combination with another popular nutraceutical, chondroitin sulfate.}, address = {University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA. clozada@med.miami.edu}, author = {Lozada, C. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2696655}, issn = {0891-1150}, journal = {Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine}, keywords = {chondroitin\_sulfate, glucosamine, medicine, osteoarthritis, review}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {65--71}, posted-at = {2008-04-21 14:55:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Glucosamine in osteoarthritis: questions remain.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17373349}, volume = {74}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2696655 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2696655 TI - Glucosamine in osteoarthritis: questions remain. JF - Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine VL - 74 IS - 1 SP - 65 EP - 71 AD - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA. clozada@med.miami.edu SN - 0891-1150 N2 - Glucosamine is now widely used in the hope that it will relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis and stop its progression, yet studies have so far failed to prove convincingly that it works, how it might work, or whether it is safe to take long-term. This is an overview of the evidence to date for currently available glucosamine preparations, as well as for glucosamine used in combination with another popular nutraceutical, chondroitin sulfate. KW - chondroitin_sulfate KW - glucosamine KW - medicine KW - osteoarthritis KW - review AU - Lozada, CJ PY - 2007/01// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17373349 ER -