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What is Glucosamine?

Glucosamin sulfate is one of a number of substances classified as an amino sugar. It is involved in the formation of nails, tendons, skin, eyes, bones, ligaments, and heart valves.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Joint pain 19 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 18 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 12 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 6 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 4 0
Arthritis pain 3 0

See all 68 patients currently taking Glucosamine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 13

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Glucosamine. See all 24 dosages ►

  daily 1 cap(s) daily 2 cap(s) daily 3 cap(s) daily 4 cap(s) daily 500 mg daily 900 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 7 Number of Patients: 7 8 Number of Patients: 8 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 10 Number of Patients: 10 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Glucosamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 44%
Expense 6   Expense: 33%
Other 4   Other: 22%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 11%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 6%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 6%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped taking Glucosamine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Glucosamine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Glucosamine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Glucosamine

Always
 9 69%
Usually
 3 23%
Sometimes
 1 8%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Glucosamine

Very
 1 8%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 8%
Not at all
 11 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Glucosamine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 6 86%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.