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My chondroitin/glucosamine supplements (made by Schiff) do not contain any salicylates.
Totally anecdotal, but glucosamine/chondroitin seems to have helped me in the past, although I'm not taking it at the moment. I was getting minor, miscellaneous joint pains in the knees from 4-6 days a week of intense step aerobics. It took several weeks, but after taking it daily, I found that I wasn't waking up with the minor pains. I stopped taking the supplement because, after forgetting to take them along with me on a week's vacation, I found the pains didn't reappear (and haven't for the last six months).
I do have a friend with serious repetitive stress injury in her hands(an editor who could no longer keyboard for her work) has found glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM supplements to be a tremendous help. Her doctor, who is a RSI specialist, is the one who recommended the supplements to her.
Note that the supplements seem to work only for joints, not for muscular problems. |
