Okay, first thing I have to say is that I am totally serious when I ask this question. I've asked this question of both my personal trainer and my boss (he's a vet). They both cracked up hysterically and said, "I dunno."
Here's my problem:
I have a bottle of glucosamine tablets for my Basset Hound. She WILL NOT eat them. I tried to hide them in her food, offered them to her with peanut butter, etc., and she simply won't eat them. Now, I have a bad shoulder from a poorly-healed injury YEARS ago. The shoulder has gotten a lot better with weight training, but because my job is so physical (I'm a vet tech) it still tends to get aggravated from time to time due to restraining large dogs, etc. I can feel the bone-on-bone crunch, and I'm pretty sure I'm headed for arthritis in the joint.
I'm sure you can see where this is going....
Can
I take glucosamine made for dogs?
{{{Kate pauses to allow everyone to giggle}}}
Seriously. I'm assuming it's the same stuff made for humans, just cheese flavored.
Each tablet contains 99% Glucosamine HCl. Is that the same stuff they put in the human version and in the same amount?
It's expensive stuff, and it seems goofy to have it sitting in the cupboard when I could use it. Any glucosamine experts out there?
(and PLEASE no "stop taking it if you start barking" jokes...I've heard enough of those already from my boss
.)