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Inside Health

Glucosamine for osteoarthritis; Alcohol addiction; Gut instinct

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

As NICE issues its latest guidelines for treating osteoarthritis, Inside Health looks at the use of paracetamol to relieve pain and is glucosamine a recommended supplement? Also in the programme, Dr Mark Porter investigates how the latest drug treatments for problem drinking work. And how much do doctors use their gut instinct when it comes to diagnosing patients?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I am Ed Gamble, host of another BBC

0:04.6

podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like

0:09.9

Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, the Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylen,

0:15.0

and comedy specials from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Romesh Ranganathan.

0:19.9

However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked.

0:24.3

So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds.

0:29.5

Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health.

0:34.0

I hope you enjoy it.

0:34.9

Coming up in today's program, gut instinct, why doctors should acknowledge and embrace

0:40.5

gut feelings. That little voice in your head questioning the diagnosis might just be right.

0:46.7

Glucosamine, a popular alternative remedy for painful joints, but the latest guidance from

0:51.9

NICE implies it's a waste of time and money.

0:54.9

So why has a supplement once prescribed on the NHS fallen so far out of favour?

1:00.8

Alcohol. We look at the latest thinking on the role of medication in helping problem

1:05.4

drinkers and discover why it's never a good idea to try and drown your sorrows.

1:10.2

Probably people who start out being depressed may well be taking alcohol as a form of medication

1:15.9

to try and improve their mood, which obviously it's not going to do, it's going to make it worse.

1:21.5

Equally, people who are alcohol-dependent may well become depressed

1:25.0

because of the chemical changes that the alcohol has in the brain.

1:28.6

More about the relationship between alcohol and depression later.

1:32.7

But first, arthritis.

1:34.5

A new guidance this week from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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