Re: Glucosamine sulfate any good?

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 > From: Mark London <http://www.PFC.MIT.EDU/~MRL>
 > Date: Wed  Jan  1,  6:18pm
 >
 > > I use it and I have found it useful for controlling the pain for my
 > > wrist tendinitis.
 > > 
 > > Someone in the East Bay RSI Support Group said that he was having problems
 > > with it -- he was passing kidney stones.  So, he stopped, but he said it may
 > > have been a combination of other things he was taking.
 > > 
 > > Also, someone else I know said she was having stomach pains and stopped.
 > > 
 > > I take glucosamine sulfate with other stuff; see
 > 
 > Hi-
 > 	I was thinking of trying glucosamine sulfate.  In my case however
 > there is no real sign of inflammation, so there is some question of whether I
 > have tendinitis.  Anti-inflammatories don't help.  So I'm curious if
 > anti-inflammatories helped you or not, so I can decide whether to try
 > glucosamine sulfate or not.  Thanks.
 > 
 > Mark

Anti-inflammatories did help, but only in dosages higher than recommended.
(I was doing this during the worst part of my injury.)  I found that after
doing stretches and so on that the amount of anti-inflammatories needed to
control my pain decreased.  Now, I don't use 'em at all -- ice is
sufficient for that sorta thing.