LETTERS

Glucosamine is safe and effective
In their Food, Medicine, & Health column in the August issue of Food Technology, Clemens and Pressman (2004) questioned the safety of glucosamine. We have recently reviewed the safety and efficacy of glucosamine (Anderson et al., 2004) and will briefly summarize some of the safety information here. 

Osteoarthritis is an extremely common problem among the elderly and is being seen more commonly among younger individuals. Because of the documented effectiveness…