Glucosamine and chondroitin for OA of the knee

Carl Gibson, chief executive of Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed results from a new study which shows equivalent benefits of taking glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee as taking the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib (Celebrex). The MOVES study included 606 patients with moderate-to-severe pain, and found that six months of treatment with glucosamine