Chondroitin OA lead

November 23, 2015

Chondroitin sulfate (1200 mg/day) has been shown to be superior to celecoxib (200mg per day) at reducing cartilage loss while demonstrating similar efficacy at reducing disease symptoms in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients, according to a two-year doubleblind randomised controlled multi-centre study presented to the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Lead author Professor Jean- Pierre Pelletier director, Rheumatic Disease Unit, University of Montreal School of Medicine cautioned that the study used pharmaceutical-grade chondroitin as opposed to food-supplement chondroitin.

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