Does anyone know what "FLEXISEQ and its "ACTIVE INGREDIENT", SEQUESSOME", is?

Please don't be so sceptical and negative about products, Benny Blanco.

I have just read through the trail of letters and I see that it helps some users.

So, if it works, then keep on using it.

Benny, you are being naive if you think that drugs companies don't market their products by supporting specific charities associated with their product.

That doesn't make it wrong, or the product bad.

I use Flexiseq on my arthritic knee, use Regenovex green lip mussel extract capsules, exercise on my bike, go to the gym to do purely leg exercises, and use a Faradic electric pulse machine on my knee muscles.

At 67, I thought that my hockey days were over, due to the pain of any impact on my knee, such as running. Running for a bus causes pain.

If I can play my sport again, with reduced pain, then it will all have been worthwhile. And I don't care which of the treatments helps, as long as the end result is positive.

I will report in a month's time.

So don't be put off by sceptics- whatever helps- USE IT!

well yes it is supposed to help lubricate cartilege-lacking joints, and I'm not sure a hip would be most likely candidate for treatment. I use on my arthritic (non rheumatic) wrist and I think it's helping. Mike

I used four tubes of flexiseq consecutively for my OA which is in my lower back right hip and right knee.  I have had it for a few years now and before now only used ibuprofen, or paracetamol to control the pain when it was really bad. I am 66 now and thought that I would have to put up with this pain for the rest of my life, with it just getting worse and worse.  However, a few weeks ago I read on this site that you could try using MSM, which is a sulphur derivative, with good results.  I tried to get a pure form of this, but could not source it reliably.  I did find a source which combined MSM with Glucosamine sold by Holland and Barret and I bought a jar of 60. The recommended dose was three a day, but I started with caution and used one a day. I had already researched MSM and its side effects.  This dose proved too much for me and caused unnecessary discomfort having to trip to the loo too often and slight tummy pains. At this point I had been taking the pill for three days running, and amazingly the pain in my hip, back and knee had almost gone! I was staggared, and did not want to give up taking it so I cut down the dose to half a tablet. Guess what? it still worked and my side effects got less and less over the following week.  I now take a whole tablet once a day, with no side effects and my pain more or less gone. I feel 'normal' again thank goodness.  I understand that the side effects happen because MSM is a detox for the body, and at the same time a muscle relaxant. It is natural, and apparently does not have any dangers associated with it like other drugs do.  I discussed it with my pharmacist who told me I could work up to the three tablets a day suggested on the bottle, with no adverse effects to worry about, or I could stick with the one a day until I needed to up it at some time in the future. This is what I am doing and it is working fine.  It's interesting to note that I also suffer from Reflux and had to take Lanzoprazil, but that has almost completely gone too.  It has been three months now, and I don't plan to stop any time soon.  I thought I'd mention on here because even it if helps one person who reads it, it would be worth it.  Good luck all my fellow sufferers!  PS the Pharmacist told me that it is not a prescribed drug because it costs nothing and the drug companies can't make any money out of it.....