Glucosamine: A Safe and Successful Dietary Supplement? The effectiveness and safety of Glucosamine is a subject of both complexity and diverse opinion. Like many of the new herbs introduced into today's economy, this one has supposed health benefits. But still, as with any new drug, its usefulness in its field is both defended and criticized. While some agree that Glucosamine has the ability to aid in the treatment of osteoarthritis, (its main purpose in medicine) …showed first 75 words of 709 total…

…showed last 75 words of 709 total…people feel that it still remains new, and do not want to completely defend a product that has not been studied enough. Despite the doubt by a select few in the medicinal field, it still is apparent that glucosamine is on the rise in treating osteoarthritis. And although some will continue to doubt whether it is actually safe, as of now in society, glucosamine proves to be both safe and effective for helping with OA.