VN :>     Of course you are taking glucosamine sulfate, et al?
 MA> Huh??  Duh!  Advil......
     Reputed to rebuild cartilege; Mrs. Braswell has been taking it for years 
and the fact that she can even get outta bed by herself in the morning is 
testimony enough for me!  She first heard of it as used for HORSES for joint 
problems...Lori's vet prescribed it for her Oldenberg colt for hock problems 
and either it or SOMETHING (who knows, with horses) is WORKING.
     It's glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate.  It's a little pricey 
- I just paid $15 for a bottle of fifty 500 mg. capsules. I MAY get some of 
the BULK stuff for horses and buy clear gelatin capsules and make my own. 
     A few years ago, I had an x-ray when they thought Dub had hurt me worse 
than he had - okay, I'll admit it, I was screwing around.  I was showing off 
barrel-racing him in my English saddle; I hadn't barrel-raced since Elvis was 
alive and Jimmy Carter was in office.  Anyway, we had a fight, he won, and he 
threw me as hard as he could into a barrel that had been cut in half.  The 
years ago, and I have had NO symptoms...not sure why...could be that the 
pills have at least a PSYCHOLOGICAL, PLACEBO EFFECT!  Or maybe exercising 
every day at work (I am sure glad sometimes that I don't have an office job) 
and at the stables helps.
     The ones I take are sold in health food stores under the brand name 
BIOCHEM (tm) GLUCOSAMINE COMPLEX.
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