say does DH take the GS-Chondritin combo?
Which brand and how much? 1500 mg a day? 3 x 500 mg
I've never seen the one a day 1500 mg pill the study talks about, that would be great hmmmm
It's made by Schiff and I think it's a 2000 mg pill but not 100% sure. It's a big 'un, though, at least 1000 mg, and is in a brown bottle with a red and white label. I can't remember if its Glucosamine plus chondroitin, or just the glucosamine.
We both recently starting taking MSM, too - a lot of companies compound all 3 into 1 pill but since he already had other stuff separately he just bought some straight MSM pills to go with it.
I had heard MSM works on carpal tunnel so I'm trying it for that.
LQ
go here to see which brands where tested... (click link)
http://www.consumerlab.com/results/gluco.asp
What CL Found:
Among the products that ConsumerLab.com selected and tested, problems were found only among combination products, four of which were low in chondroitin sulfate — a particularly expensive ingredient. These four products are listed as "Not Approved" in the table below and had the following short-comings:
One product, for human use, claimed to contain 500 mg per serving of "Chondroitin sulfate complex" which ConsumerLab.com's testing showed to contain less than 90 mg of chondroitin sulfate — only 18% of the 500 milligrams. ConsumerLab.com has cautioned consumers in the past to be wary of supplements with ingredients that include words such as "complex," "formula," or "blend" when the weight of each component is not listed. While it may be legal for a manufacturer to use these terms, ConsumerLab.com often finds such information misleading to consumers.
A second product for human use contained less than 85% of its claimed chondroitin sulfate.
Shockingly, no chondroitin sulfate could be detected in two pet supplements despite each displaying a "guaranteed analysis" showing a significant amount of chondroitin sulfate. [Update — 7/21/04: A new, re-formulated version of one of the pet supplements that did not pass was subsequently tested at the request of manufacturer. It passed testing and is listed below].