Hello all,

I’m just got some free samples of 30 Glucosamine Sulphate Tablets 2KCL. I have a question.. What exactly do these tablets do? Why would you need to take them? etc…

Could you provide me as much information as possible and what are the side effects from taking them. Are they safe? etc…

What exactly do they do?

Thanks!

For the past couple of years I’ve not had normal firm bowel movements regularly. My doctor recommended taking Metamucil everyday, so I have been doing that twice a day for a month and taking acidophilus and nothing has changed. I eat rather healthy, fairly high fiber diet and I can’t seem to get past this.

I have an enema attachment for the shower and even after a dozen pretty large flushes, I still seem to produce more messy, loose and really smelly stool within 20 minutes of the last flush.

Is there some potent probotics I could take to rebuild my digestive system? Could this be related to some sort of allergy, maybe related to Gluten or something similar? I’m not lactose intolerant, cut out dairy products for over a month and did not notice any change.

I sometimes have diarrhea immediatly after eating out and I almost never have those long, thick, firm tubes of stool I’ve had the first 27 years of my life. Bowel movements are sometimes frequent, gassy and range from loose chunks of material to creamy, it generally expells very quickly.

This has been going on for about 3 years and my doctor seems to not think its a very big deal. I’m willing to make any diet changes necessary to help diagnose this.

I have not experienced any fatigue, dehydration, discomfort or pain during any of this. My abdomen does seem to make a lot more audible noise than I remember when I was younger.

Up until this started, I always has a very stable stomach. I only got diarrhea when I had some illness, like the flu or after drinking heavily and I don’t recall every being constipated. I typically only had 1 bowel movement a day at most.

My diet:
I usually have cereal with soy milk for breakfast, a couple of sandwiches (whole wheat double fiber) for lunch and for dinner a protein, steamed veggies and rice or potatoes. I only drink water, juice and sometimes tea. Go to the gym most evenings and have a muscle milk after and sometimes a bowl of cereal with soy milk. I also take a multivitamin, acidophiles, fish oil, B-complex and Glucosamine (Joint health) with breakfast and 6 Metamucil vitamin therapy pills with breakfast and lunch. Most of the foods I eat are organic, sandwiches are PB&J or Tuna with olive oil mayo. Occasionally, for a midnight snack I’ll have a big glass of chocolate milk (Horizon or Soymilk).

I’m a gay male and rather enjoy anal sex. Been avoiding it far too much because of these problems.

Do you have arthritis or know someone with arthritis?

I was recently diagnosed with arthritis & I have a muscle spasm that causes neck pain. I went to a chiropractor & he was able to help with my neck pain, but now my arthritis is bothering more. They sold a drink with glucosamine, chondroitin & MSM:
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I don’t want to keep on taking pain killers & actually sometimes they don’t help, so I bought vitamins at the store with glucosamine, chondroitin & MSM which was cheaper than the drink (but my prescription for pain killers is free since I have no copayment). Do you know if these vitamins will actually help my arthritis or am I just wasting my money?
I was asking about the weather because sometimes I hear people say they can tell it’s going to rain because their bones ache, but I myself don’t notice that, I hurt everyday. I just was wondering why people say it if it isn’t true.