Efficiency of Glucosamine Sulphate and Chondroitin Sulphate Сombination in Osteoarthritis Treatment from Evidence-Based Medicine Positions

Abstract

Osteoarthritis remains by far the most common form of joint damage and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Unfortunately, today there are no radical methods that can stop the «epidemic» of OA and completely cure patients with this disease. In recent decades, the attention of scientists and clinicians has been shrouded in the possibility of using symptomatic or disease-modifying slow-acting drugs that are potentially not only able to influence the symptoms of OA (primarily pain), but also to have a lasting structural-modifying effect on the joint. The results of clinical studies, as well as a deeper understanding of the differences in the pharmacokinetics and properties of molecules of different chondroprotectors have aroused scientific and practical interest in approaches to the treatment of joint diseases using a combination of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate.