GLUCOSAMINE. Save £60 a Year

catford

Ive just started suffering big time with cuff rotation syndrome,and find Chondromax,which is 400mgchondroitin plus 500mg glucosamine,and from Healthspan in guernsey,to be very good once it kicks in. It costs about £16.post free and came quickly

Art_2

Glucosamine is available on prescription from your doctor. I hear that some doctors don't/won't prescribe it though. My doctor had not prescribed it until I asked him to and he did so without any fuss. He had to ask me the daily dose. It is available in 500mg and 750mg on the NHS.

I found out about its availability on the NHS from my ortheopedic surgeon. He told me a trial had been conducted at St Peters Hospital in Chertsey which proved successful in the relief of joint pain.

Regards,
Art.

blacklablover

My labrador suffered with slight hip dysplasia and was prescribed very expensive glucosamine / chondroitin tablets by the vet. He has been on 1000mg per day for 4 years. I now buy them much cheaper on the net or in health shop. He also has improved greatly and rarely limps at all now. By the way, I have heard that glucosamine is more effective when combined with chondroitin - does anyone have any more info on this?

Ted_Hutchinson

[size=+1]The efficacy of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in the treatment of osteoarthritis: Are these saccharides drugs or nutraceuticals?[/size]

Another fairly optimistic recent research paper on horses using glucosamine and Chrondroitin

Hope you've investigated the prices at ZIPVIT

santana-mx3

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

[size=+1][/size]Hope you've investigated the prices at ZIVIT

Slight problem with your link Ted. It has "http://www.zipvit.com[/url" in it.
Perhaps you could edit it to remove the "[/url" at the end.

I'll have a look at the prices on there which may be useful for my parents.

cheekymole

Glucosamine are on BOGOF in Tesco currently at £7.99 for 90 but you'll be getting 180 for the same price...

Ted_Hutchinson

ZIPVIT Try this one

TESCO'S are a stupid place to buy supplements.
I don't know how strong TESCO GLUCOSAMINE is but I bet it isn't 1500mg
360 x 1500 from zipvit are £12.95
To get the same number from Tesco's at special offer buy one get one free will cost £15.98 so even if they are the same strength they are more expensive. If they are 750mg then they are more than twice as expensive.

santana-mx3

I doubt if it's 1500mg but they do branded and own-brand varieties and the branded ones are available in various strengths.

I have bought Glucosamine with Condtroitin from Tesco once before and it was a higher strength than the one from Nature's Best such that it was a 1 a day whereas the Nature's Best one wasn't.

I noticed that the G with C is a lot more expensive at ZipVit than at Nature's Best (where my parents buy it) but again that's not a direct comparison because the ones at ZipVit are a higher strength so you don't need to take as many tablets.

I'll have to compare the strengths/prices when I or my parents next want to order.

Ted_Hutchinson

santana-mx3 wrote:

I noticed that the G with C is a lot more expensive at ZipVit than at Nature's Best (where my parents buy it) but again that's not a direct comparison because the ones at ZipVit are a higher strength so you don't need to take as many tablets.

240 Tablets in 2 pots £12.98 strength 500mg of Glucosamine Sulphate 100mg Chondroitin Sulphate. cost each 5.4p however to get the recommended 1500mg glucosamine you would need 3 daily=16.2p
Zipvit £22.95 500mg Glucosamine 400mgChondroitin cost each 11.4p to get 1500mg Glucosamine you would also need zipvit 1000mgGlucosamine 360 £10.45= 3p each total cost 14.4p daily.

theloft

A small note of caution on the larger size Glucosamine Tablets, from certain manufacturers. We always used Healthspan, but in a money saving mood, decided to try Simply Supplements and also ZipVit. Found that these were too large for my wife to swallow without great difficulty, so have reverted to Healthspan, and the service and quality is superb. May not be the cheapest, but it comes down to what suits you personally. On Omega 3 capsules, their 'high strength' 500mg size are superb value at £7.99 for 360 tabs. You can often find a £2 off coupon (£18 spend) in the week-end papers.
https://www.healthspan.co.uk