Does glucosamine work

There are a lot of recent studies that have concluded that Glucosamine is no more effective than a placebo in helping with Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, or other degenerative joint conditions. One of the most prominent was a study published in 2006 in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed that Glucosamine did not help slow the loss of cartilage in a statistically significant group of study participants over the course of two years. This is one of the longest scientific studies to study the effectiveness of Glucosamine supplements to date.