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Any Stomach Issues With Joint Supplements?

10 years ago

Anyone experience GI issues with gluscosamine/chondroitin pills? I switched to a 'joint juice' product after pills gave me, what I can describe as, #2 urgency. Not diarrhea, exactly, but I needed to not be far from a bathroom for about an hour after taking them, particularly in the morning with little food in my stomach.

Sorry for the gross subject matter!

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ldstarr

10 years ago

My DH has tried both pills and juice in the past...didn't note much improvement. Now he's using the Great Lakes Collagen Hydrolysate (Green Can) and reports marked improvement in joints that have ached for years.

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Olychick
10 years ago
I tried to take them many years ago and they made me really queasy and nauseated, so I had to stop. Don't recall the other effect, however.
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maire_cate
10 years ago
I did try them and had no side effects - but also no benefit so I stopped.
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Original Author
10 years ago
I actually do feel improvement with the juice, which also has MSM. The pills did nothing.
User
10 years ago
My DH drank the juice, now he takes the pills. He said no stomach or diarrhea with either......the juice worked better he reports.
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cynic
10 years ago
Did the juice type help your issues? And does it seem to help like the gluc/chon? I used to take the gluc/chon/MSM for a lot of years. I just got to the point with all the other meds I had to take for a while, it was too much to take the two horse pills so I switched to MoveFree Ultra which is one little pill once a day. Seems to work as well and much easier to swallow. I didn't experience the g/i issues you mentioned though. I also started to take ginger and curcumin turmeric which also seem to help some too and is not very expensive.
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eld6161
10 years ago
I have used CosamineDS for years. I first started by giving this to my elderly dog. The dog version was so much more expensive, someone suggested I use the people version. I started taking it too!

I do see a difference in my lower back. I know people who take cheaper versions and don't get results. They are not all created equal.

Side story: Both my golden and my sister's greatly improved using Cosine DS. Clearly we saw dogs that could now take walk and walk up stairs when they could not before.
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arkansas girl
10 years ago
I've been taking the triple strength joint soother from Puritan's Pride for a long time with no problems. It absolutely keeps my joints from aching. Before, my hips were killing me to the point that I couldn't sleep. I have absolutely zero pain now.
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10 years ago
arkansas_girl...I just ordered Puritan's Pride, for DH. It's half the price of what he was trying. Thanks to all that posted....I learn from others threads...
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Original Author
10 years ago
I do notice a difference in my low back and hips with the joint juice. The pills really didn't seem to make a difference, and I'm happy not to have to swallow those enormous things.

I'm checking out the collagen supplement above. It gets great reviews.

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