It’s confusing and frustrating, looking for the effective remedy that doesn’t have too many negative side effects.
I recall when I first began having arthritis about 25 years ago.
Glucosamine, Chondroitin and Ginko Biloba were all very popular treatments. I tried all three off and on for years. I never noticed any pain relief at all, so I just stopped buying them. I am experimenting with Turmeric-Curcumin right now. We’ll see.
Took glucosamine and chondroitin for some time, also. May have been coincidence, but I did start to feel somewhat better. Haven’t taken them for several years, and haven’t noticed any change, so -— the jury’s out...
On the other hand, I’ve changed my lifestyle and lost 120 lbs, keeping it off. Between that and eating more healthful foods, maybe that has more bearing on feeling better than vitamins and supplements.
The jury’s out. I know - I already said that.
Good luck to you!
“I am experimenting with Turmeric-Curcumin right now. We’ll see.”
You will see one of the benefits in 25 years when you DON’T have dementia.
I tried tons of supplements for my RA, but never found any to help.
I did the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet very religiously for around a year, and it helped quite a bit; however, I never could get through the reintroduction phase. It’s designed to identify food triggers, but I was never able to correlate my flare ups with particular foods. Eating exclusively meat (with a focus on organs and connective tissue) and leaves is very hard, but it’s helped many folks.
I also learned to make some killer bone broth. Anyone with arthritis should be consuming real broth. It’s simple and does limit damage. It’s taken scientists decades to catch up to those grandmas!