Re: jointsaver

[Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>]

BMcCrary27@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/11/99 1:28:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu writes:
> 
> << (No
>  information or guidance is better than saying that this is the best
>  we've got?  Do we have a method for taking paricular drug/non-drug
>  issues to the drug committee for debate & ruling?) >>
> 
> Contact Dr. Robert Beecher, the head of the AERC Vet Committee and ask him to
> bring it up at his committee meeting.  Or cantact Maggy Price, head of the
> Rules Committee and ask her to bring it up at HER committee meeting.  As I
> read your attached file, I would have placed Adequan in the NSAID category.
> It IS an anti-inflammatory drug, isn't it?  Or WHAT is it?  Mike Tomlinson,
> where are you when we need you?
> 
> Barbara

Adequane is a PSGAG (polysulfated glycosaminoglycogans)It is similar to
oral glucasamine and is not a NSAID. It normalizes synovial fluid and
rebuilds cartilage. It does not ruduce pain like NSAIDs and is often
used as a preventative to joint problems.
			jasmine