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Glucosamine Max

Glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM and ginger in one tablet a day for adults
Relieves mild joint aches and pains associated with mild osteoarthritis

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Herbs of Gold Glucosamine MAX is a one-a-day joint tablet with 1.5 g of glucosamine hydrochloride, 130 mg of chondroitin, 100 mg of MSM and ginger, plus zinc and manganese as cofactors. It relieves mild joint aches, pain, stiffness and swelling associated with mild osteoarthritis, helps maintain healthy joint cartilage and supports joint mobility and flexibility. Adults take 1 tablet a day with food, about $0.33 a day in the 180-tablet tub. It contains crustacean products and bovine chondroitin, so it does not suit people with a shellfish allergy, vegetarians or vegans.

Product Strengths

1.5 g glucosamine hydrochloride with chondroitin and MSM in one daily tablet.
Relieves mild joint aches and pains associated with mild osteoarthritis.
Reduces mild joint inflammation, swelling and stiffness in mild osteoarthritis.
Helps maintain healthy joint cartilage and supports joint health.
Supports joint mobility and flexibility.
Zinc and manganese are cofactors for the formation of healthy cartilage.
Ginger is traditionally used in Western herbal medicine to enhance healthy blood circulation.

Is Glucosamine MAX Suitable If I'm Allergic to Shellfish?

No. The TGA listing for this product requires the warning "Contains crustacean products", because the glucosamine is made from shellfish. If you have a shellfish allergy, ask our team about a shellfish-free joint option.

Suitable For / Not Suitable For

Suitable for: Adults.

Not suitable for: People with a crustacean (shellfish) allergy. Vegetarians and vegans, as it contains crustacean-derived glucosamine and bovine chondroitin. Children.

Ingredients

Each tablet contains	Amount
Glucosamine hydrochloride	1.5 g
Bovine sodium chondroitin sulfate	130 mg
– equivalent to bovine chondroitin sulfate	120 mg
Dimethyl sulfone (MSM)	100 mg
Proline	10 mg
Glycine	10 mg
Colloidal anhydrous silica	10 mg
Zinc oxide, equivalent to zinc	5 mg
Manganese sulfate monohydrate, equivalent to manganese	3 mg
Zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract	50 mg
– derived from dry root	1 g

Other ingredients: calcium carbonate, calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate, crospovidone, hypromellose, iron oxide red, iron oxide yellow, macrogol 400, macrogol 8000, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone.

Allergens

Contains crustacean products. Contains bovine (animal-derived) chondroitin. Does not contain egg, milk, peanut, soy, tree nuts, gluten, lactose or artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

Suggested Use

Adults: take 1 tablet daily, with food, or as directed by your health professional.

Cost Per Serve

Pack size	Price	Serves (1 tablet)	Cost per serve
90 tablets	$32.81	90	$0.36
180 tablets	$59.95	180	$0.33

Cost per serve is approximate and based on the current price.

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TGA Listing

Listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods as AUST L 374064. Listed medicines are low-risk medicines made only from TGA-permitted ingredients. The TGA does not evaluate them for efficacy before they are listed.

Storage

Store below 25°C. Protect from moisture. Keep away from children. Do not use if the seal under the cap is missing or broken.

Contains crustacean products. If symptoms persist, talk to your health professional.

Always read the label and follow the directions for use. If symptoms persist, talk to your health professional. Supplements should not replace a balanced diet.

Ingredients

Each tablet contains: glucosamine hydrochloride 1.5 g; bovine sodium chondroitin sulfate 130 mg, equiv. bovine chondroitin sulfate 120 mg; dimethyl sulfone (MSM) 100 mg; proline 10 mg; glycine 10 mg; colloidal anhydrous silica 10 mg; zinc oxide, equiv. zinc 5 mg; manganese sulfate monohydrate, equiv. manganese 3 mg; Zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract 50 mg, derived from dry root 1 g.
Contains crustacean products. Contains bovine (animal-derived) chondroitin. Does not contain egg, milk, peanut, soy, tree nuts, gluten, lactose or artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

Suggested dose

Adults: take 1 tablet daily, with food, or as directed by your health professional.

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Glucosamine Hydrochloride

What is glucosamine hydrochloride?

Glucosamine hydrochloride is the form in most combination joint products, usually paired with chondroitin. Taken with chondroitin, it eased joint symptoms more than placebo in trials for mild knee aches that drag on for months.

Christina Hanley, BHSc (Nutritional Medicine), Digital Experience & Content Manager, Mr Vitamins

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Is this the right glucosamine for you?

Glucosamine hydrochloride is the form in most combination joint products, so our naturopaths usually talk it through alongside chondroitin. These are the questions they ask in store.

A good fit if

You're taking it with chondroitin, where the combined evidence is stronger
You want more glucosamine per capsule than the sulfate gives you
You'd rather know the evidence for it on its own is weaker than be sold a certainty

Check with us first if

You have asthma. It's named as a group to take care, alongside shellfish allergy.
You take warfarin. It's named as a caution, though the same review reports no significant interaction has been found.
You take diabetes medicine. In one trial, 90 days of glucosamine hydrochloride with chondroitin didn't change blood sugar control, but it's still named as a group to take care.
You're pregnant or breastfeeding. Glucosamine hydrochloride itself has no warning, but combination products usually contain chondroitin, which must be labelled not for use in pregnancy.
The product also contains sodium chondroitin sulfate, which must be labelled adults only.

How the forms compare

Glucosamine hydrochloride (item 2367). Best known for: More glucosamine in each gram, and the salt most combination products use. Absorption: About 26% of glucosamine taken by mouth reaches the blood. Typical use: Best paired with chondroitin; its record on its own is weaker.
Glucosamine sulfate (item 2368). Best known for: The salt most positive single-ingredient trials used. Absorption: The same oral glucosamine figure applies. Typical use: The pick if you're taking glucosamine on its own.
Glucosamine sulfate potassium chloride (item 2369). Best known for: A trial-grade sulfate salt, very common on shelves. Absorption: The same oral glucosamine figure applies. Typical use: Carries a mandatory kidney and heart warning.
Corn-fermented glucosamine hydrochloride. Best known for: The same molecule, made without crustacean shell. Absorption: Not detected in stool samples at 3,000 mg a day, which fits with it being absorbed. Typical use: The option if shellfish allergy or a vegan diet rules out the shellfish-derived kind.

Common questions

Is glucosamine hydrochloride as good as the sulfate?

Not on its own. An analysis of 15 trials put its effect size at 0.06, compared with 0.44 for the sulfate, and a 251-person trial found no significant benefit from hydrochloride alone. Paired with chondroitin, it's a different picture: a 606-person trial found the combination matched a common arthritis medicine for pain relief over six months.

Why does my glucosamine say hydrochloride and not sulfate?

It's a different form of the same amino sugar. Hydrochloride contains more glucosamine per gram, and it's the form most combination products use. The trade-off is that the evidence for it on its own is weaker than for the sulfate.

Can I take it if I'm allergic to shellfish?

Not the kind made from shellfish, which is most of it. Australian side effect reports for glucosamine and chondroitin were mostly allergic reactions, some of them severe. Corn-fermented glucosamine hydrochloride is the same molecule, made without shellfish.

How much, and when

Reference values. There's no recommended intake for glucosamine hydrochloride, because glucosamine isn't a nutrient.

Typical supplemental range. Australian labels usually suggest 1,500 mg a day of glucosamine, often with 1,200 mg of chondroitin. That combination is the dose most of the trials we've drawn on used.

Upper level. Australia's permitted ingredients list (Schedule 1) sets no daily maximum for glucosamine hydrochloride. The highest dose tested in the research we reviewed was 3,000 mg a day of corn-fermented glucosamine hydrochloride, taken for three weeks, with no side effects reported.

Worth knowing. Give it two to three months before you decide whether it's helping. What you need depends on your age, diet and health, so talk to one of our naturopaths.

Food sources

Food first, where the diet allows it.

None meaningful: glucosamine hydrochloride isn't eaten in useful amounts.

Before you start

If any of these sound like you, talk to one of our naturopaths or your doctor before you start.

Shellfish allergy. Most glucosamine hydrochloride is made from crustacean shell. Of 366 Australian side-effect reports on glucosamine and chondroitin products, 263 (71.85%) were allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions, 43 of them severe.
Asthma. It's named alongside shellfish allergy as a group to take care with.
Warfarin. It's named as a caution, although the same review reports no significant interaction. Talk to your prescriber.
Diabetes medicines. Named as a group to take care with, though 90 days of glucosamine hydrochloride with chondroitin didn't change HbA1c in one trial.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding. There's no Schedule 1 warning on glucosamine hydrochloride itself, and no trial data either. Combination products with chondroitin are usually labelled not for pregnancy.
Children. There's no trial in children. Combination products with sodium chondroitin sulfate must be labelled adults only.
If you take prescription medicines, check with your doctor, pharmacist or our naturopaths before you start.

The evidence, and its limits

Paired with chondroitin, glucosamine hydrochloride eased overall knee symptoms more than placebo across 8 trials and 3,793 patients. (PubMed 35024906)
On its own, hydrochloride's trial record is weaker: one meta-analysis of 15 trials put its effect size at just 0.06. (PubMed 17599746)
A 606-person trial found glucosamine hydrochloride plus chondroitin matched celecoxib for pain relief over six months. (PubMed 25589511)
In a 251-person trial, hydrochloride alone showed no significant improvement in joint symptom scores. (PubMed 22469850)
In a 144-person jaw-joint trial, adding oral hydrochloride to injections cut pain more at 12 months (17.4 vs 28.6 mm). (PubMed 29864430)
Of 366 Australian side-effect reports on glucosamine and chondroitin, 43 were classed as severe allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions. (PubMed 31597786)

How it works

Your body already makes glucosamine and uses it to build the long sugar chains that cushion your cartilage. Taking more by mouth is meant to top up that supply. Only about a quarter of a dose reaches your bloodstream, and the part that isn't bound to proteins settles into joint cartilage from there. The hydrochloride form carries more glucosamine per gram than the sulfate, so a capsule gives you more of the raw material for the same size dose. The trials are more specific, though: the strongest results for pain and joint space in the whole glucosamine family belong to the sulfate form, not the hydrochloride. So this form does best paired with chondroitin rather than on its own.

The Australian rules

Glucosamine hydrochloride (item 2367) is on Australia's permitted ingredients list (Schedule 1), allowed as both an active ingredient and an excipient, with no conditions, dose cap or mandatory warning. That's different from some sulfate salts: glucosamine sulfate potassium chloride carries a mandatory kidney and heart warning because of its potassium chloride, which glucosamine hydrochloride doesn't contain. Most hydrochloride products are sold combined with chondroitin, and sodium chondroitin sulfate does carry its own mandatory adults-only and pregnancy warning. Being allowed isn't the government endorsing any product or claim.

Read the instrument: Schedule 1, item 2367.

Not sure this is the right form for you? Ask one of our naturopaths. It is free and takes 10 minutes.

Glucosamine Hydrochloride is one form of Glucosamine. Always read the label and follow the directions for use. General information only, and not a substitute for advice from your doctor or one of our naturopaths.

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Suggested Use

Cost Per Serve

TGA Listing

Storage

ingredients

suggested dose

Product Strengths

Is Glucosamine MAX Suitable If I'm Allergic to Shellfish?

Suitable For / Not Suitable For

Ingredients

Allergens

Suggested Use

Cost Per Serve

TGA Listing

Storage

Ingredients

Suggested dose

What is glucosamine hydrochloride?

Is this the right glucosamine for you?

Is glucosamine hydrochloride as good as the sulfate?

Why does my glucosamine say hydrochloride and not sulfate?

Can I take it if I'm allergic to shellfish?

How much, and when

Before you start

The evidence, and its limits

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