USEOF ANABOLIC AGENTS ANTI-CATABOLIC AGENTS AND ANTIOXIDANT AGENTS FOR PROTECTION TREATMENT AND REPAIR OF CONNECTIVE TISSUES IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS

摘要

The present invention relates to compositions for the protection, treatment and repair of connective tissues in humans and animals comprising any or all of anabolic, anti-catabolic, and anti-oxidant agents, including aminosugars, S-adenosylmethionine, arachadonic acid, GAGs, pentosan, collagen type II, tetracyclines or tetracycline-like compounds, diacerin, super oxide dismutase, and L-ergothionine and to methods of treating humans and animals by administration of these novel compositions to humans and animals in need thereof.