Healthy With Age

Studies have shown since the first clinical trials in 1980 that glucosamine can have benefits for arthritis sufferers, easing joint pain. Glucosamine originates from shellfish, and there are two major varieties of glucosamine available on the market-glucosamine sulfate and glucosamine hydrochloride (HCL). Which form of glucosamine is superior quite literally depends on which study you are reading.

At any rate, glucosamine may be easier on the digestive tract than anti-inflammatory drugs, and medications such as Celebrex have been linked to blood clotting, which is alarming to some.