Human Glucosamine Treatments
In some cases human glucosamine has worked miracles for dogs with arthritis. The glucosamine is naturally produced by the body but as the body gets older, it produces less glucosamine. This substance is very important because it keeps the joints healthy. Without it, the tissue of the joints will not be able to sustain itself. The joint supplements that contain glucosamine are the most effective in treating arthritis.
Some vets have also used human drugs on pets and they have worked just fine. The dosage was reduced, of course, but other than that, everything was fine. Usually the dogs that get this disease are middle aged or old dogs. If the arthritis is genetic, it will take some time to develop and this is why this illness is more common in old dogs.
You will see that the dog starts to develop symptoms like lack of movement, stiffness and pain. Glucosamine will keep away the degradation of the tissue as much as possible. So even if your dog does not have arthritis yet, many vets recommend supplements to start from the middle age.
The artificial glucosamine will supplement the natural one. But you must always talk to the vet before giving any supplement to the dog. Glucosamine helps the dog’s body get collagen. Collagen is made of water that has proteogylcans. Glucosamine helps synthesizes proteogylcans in 2 ways. First, it is a main component of the proteogylcan and second, it induces the proteogylcan production.
Glucosamine is in the Chitin, that can be found in shell fish. You can get pure glucosamine after you strip it down of the calcium and the proteins, and then stabilized with another substance. You should know that the Glucosamine Hydrocloride is many times mostly used for dogs and has good effects on short term.
