Hi there,
I had Dupuytrons, doc told me I had to wait until finger bent (and I also I had it in my left hand) and then could do surgery. Meantime I was dealing with a bad back L4 L5 disc problem for two years having every known therapies chiropractic, oeastepathic, acapuncture, bowen tried everything as was having dreadful spasms, searched internet for something completley different and found MSM what have I got to lose have tried everything else. After 5 weeks of using and faithfully 1 teapoon twice a day noticed that I had no pain or spasm this has lasted for 7 yrs. As an added bonus I have no Dupuytrons in my hands, the nodules have gone and the cord tightening has gone. Over the years have recommended and still do to this day for many problems, just last week recommended my sister try it for her asthma shhe is having amazing results. Give it a go
Dupfan

Katherine, no need to be scared. Some patients reported that taking glucosamine/chondroitin made their Dupuytren's worse and stopping it improved it. While I would trust their reports nobody knows whether glucosamine generally forsters Dupuytren's disease. There are by far not enough statistical data for that. The warning on our web site is to alert people about a potential side effect and encourage them to watch it and, if they find that it does not do them good, they might consider to stop taking glucosamine. I wouldn't think that glucosamine could trigger the disease but for some people who already suffer from Dupuytren's it might make it worse.

Wolfgang

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... Bit scared of anything because I was taking cod liver oil with glucosamine and have now read the latter has been linked as a possible trigger of dupuytren's.
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Katherine, breaking your arm & ankle might have acted as trigger. Such cases unfortunately happen. If you are interested in that (though it is too late anyway) you might read http://www.dupuytren-online.info/dupuytr...ure_trauma.html.

Wolfgang

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Hi there,
I had Dupuytrons, doc told me I had to wait until finger bent (and I also I had it in my left hand) and then could do surgery. Meantime I was dealing with a bad back L4 L5 disc problem for two years having every known therapies chiropractic, oeastepathic, acapuncture, bowen tried everything as was having dreadful spasms, searched internet for something completley different and found MSM what have I got to lose have tried everything else. After 5 weeks of using and faithfully 1 teapoon twice a day noticed that I had no pain or spasm this has lasted for 7 yrs. As an added bonus I have no Dupuytrons in my hands, the nodules have gone and the cord tightening has gone. Over the years have recommended and still do to this day for many problems, just last week recommended my sister try it for her asthma shhe is having amazing results. Give it a go
Dupfan

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Wolfgang,

I just want to thank you for your advice here. You seem to be really on top of all the information flowing around and I am very grateful to have your input.

It makes sense not to take anything unless there is a known benefit or, at least, as with cod liver oil we know it does no harm, so I have stopped taking anything that could be harmful including pain killers. I just take cod liver oil and evening primrose oil.

With thanks

Katherine

Edited 07/13/09 11:44