Glucosamine + chondroitin evidence, 2007
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Reichenbach S, Sterchi R, Scherer M, et al., Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 — meta-analysis of chondroitin trials
- Grade
- Design
- meta analysis
- Year
- 2007
- Participants
- not reported as a single figure
- Ingredient
- Glucosamine + chondroitin
- Goal
- Joint health
Effect
In large, well-blinded trials, chondroitin alone showed minimal symptomatic benefit; small early trials overstated the effect.
Limitations and notes
Why our monograph says "real for some people, absent for many."