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Hi Everyone, i am new here. I Have been having alot of Hip Pain and my doc said i have AS. Now i havent seen anything about Glucosamine supplements being used to help with AS. Isnt Glucosamine used for healthy joints?
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Hi rduran,
welcome to KA!
I take glucosamine and chondroitin, and have found that it has helped to stop a bit of the crunching, and reduced the pain in my neck and thumbs - and maybe the other spots as well - just not as obvious cos they're a bit 'had it' !
Louise
Louise Happy to be a physio by day, not happy to be a Spondy 24/7! 
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Hi: A good product with glucosamine and chondroitin (that I picked up from info on kickas) is called FeelANew. It contains a COX-2 pain inhibitor that provides pain relief without injuring the stomach  . On the down side it contains starch. John
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Can someone recommend a starch-free version?
Does it help to have it with MSM?
thanks mary cay
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Oh and Welcome Rduran - I keep reading in health mags that gluco/chon is helpful for osteo of the knee but hasn't shown beneficial in inflammatory arthritis. That said, I just read on another site, an ASer felt it helped their neck and crunching like Louise mentioned .
mary cay
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Can someone recommend a starch-free version?
Does it help to have it with MSM?
thanks mary cay i was going to ask this same question. anyone? :]
AS & Fibro. NSD + no sugar
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it helps to have everything with MSM =D I take around 6g a dag at the moment, and I can my achilles tendons are finally stretching out long enough to correct my gait & posture without re-injuring them (as frequently used to happen).
glucosamine and chondoitin will help if you find that your joints are crunchy. I reccommend just buying the powders in bulk rather than paying through the nose for a branded supplement.
Don't fear god, don't worry about death, what's good is easy to acquire, and what's terrible is easy to endure - Epicurus
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I used to take glucosamine and chondroitin, but i found that MSM is what really makes a big difference for me. It seems like the effects of it are different for everyone though from the posts I have seen about it.
Though we bleed, we must push on.
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I use a supplement MSM glocusamine and chondroitin. I know MSM is the one the helps to ease the pain. While the others are the one that helps the muscles to be healthy.
Move those muscles and joints.
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can someone translate for me what MSM means ? 10x.
34. Some rheumys say AS stage 1-2 some others say USpA Also UC - rectocolitis. UC curently in remission since feb 2011. AS/USpA remission march-aug 2011. Flare - sept-nov 2011 (antibiotics). Remission now... Modified NSD/SCD. Cook your own ! ____________________________________________________________ Mesalazine-Salofalk 500 mg/day And the list of my medication has become verry short after some years on this diet
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