One more complementary medicine bites the dust.

According to a study by Dr. Juni of the University of Bern, who reviewed 20 studies of the use of Chondroitin, this nutritional supplement failed the test of effectiveness, except that the studies were not devised to focus on severe pain. Most of the studies used to back up the claims used small numbers and were poorly designed. Three recent large studies covering 40% of all the patients studied failed to support claims for chondroitin's effectiveness. I remain convinced that the only recent for advertising pharmaceutical/nutritional products is to separate suckers from their money.