The Fountain of youth for joints??

So I recently was told of Alflutop, but there are mixed reviews about this. A friend of Mine has ordered this and is waiting, so I wanted to know if any of you have experience with this and what you think about it.

can u post its profile

Alflutop is a natural, injectable formula that is reported to be more effective than corticosteroid injections, as it not only reduces inflamation, but encourages repair and regeneration of cartilage and connective tissue. Alflutop has proven effective in clinical trials in degenerative joint disorders (bursitis, tendonitis, and arthritis). Comparable in effect, though different in formula from Adequan, Alflutop is reported to be a miracle drug for joint injuries. Alflutop is manufactured by BIOTEHNOS S.A. Romania, and is not approved by the FDA.

Description:
Each 1ml ampule of Alflutop contains 10 mg sea fish bioactive concentrate (amino acids, low molecular mass peptides, mucopolysaccharides, trace elements: Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn), and maximum 5mg/100ml phenol as preservative.

How it works:
Alflutop falls into the group of chondroprotective products having anti-hyaluronidase, anti-inflammatory and analgesic action. Alflutop:
inhibits hyaluronidase excess;
restores chondrocytes homeostasis in damaged tissues;
stimulates regenerative processes at cartilage level;
adjusts synovial fluid synthesis;
stimulates superoxide dismutase;
inhibits occurrence of superoxide free radicals.
Dosing:
Intramuscular (IM) injection of 1 amp every day for 3 weeks, for a 21 day cycle, which can be followed up 2 months later. Intra-articular (IA) injection has also shown effective in later-stage clinical trials. 1-2 amps into the joint, E3D for 21 days.
If it's all the same, I think I'd go for the IM route. Not too big a fan of the prospect of stabbing through some cartilage or tendons, personally. There is probably little benefit, if any, to a local IM injection (close proximity to the injured joint), so I would skip it. You probably stand to do more harm than good by "threading the needle", so to speak, into your injured joint.

Alflutop has an active life of approximately 24-36 hours. The dosing protocols above are just guidelines, and the bottom line is you should continue treatment as long as necessary, if need be. There are no indications of toxicity, or any other negative side effects from Alflutop.

Clinical Trial Results:
The clinical trials have confirmed the efficacy of Alflutop in degenerative articular, post-traumatic pathology and abarticular rheumatism:
extremely few adverse reactions;
lack of major complications;
well tolerated, including the patients sufferring from gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; and

a favourable ratio of costs and clinical efficacy.
The clinical trials showed the therapeutical effect of Alflutop in the treatment of periarthritis, spondiloarthrosis, spinal disc injuries, ankylopoietic spondilitis, Reiter syndrome, and rheumatoid polyarthritis.

nice, but the ingredients dont sound great, then again im no doctor so what do i know,lol

bro, that does sound promising. ive never had any joint or tendon problems. but if i do ever, i wouldnt mind giving this a shot. let us know how your friend feels after his cycle of it.

It sounds attractive to me because of the connective tissue repair aspect, I think it would be good to help the recovery of my torn tricep tendon. I will def have to post something after he does the 21 day cyc of it

Nice, will have to look more into this.

I've only heard good stuff. There's also a version for horses thats stronger.

omni said:

I've only heard good stuff. There's also a version for horses thats stronger.

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yeah I saw that like adequin or something like that

Yes adequan has excellent reviews as for working, as for side effects, that is the issue, there are not long term studies in humans to my knowledge

thats why I think alflutop is prolly the better choice

Joints MAYBE. Tendons I seriously doubt. Personally I'll just my Dr. start me on synvisc which is absolutely proven. It's covered by my employer as they own both knees for the rest of my life due to on the job injuries.

This will sound like a newbie but glucosamine chondroitin worked wonders for me...I use the triple strength.

The Dude said:

Joints MAYBE. Tendons I seriously doubt. Personally I'll just my Dr. start me on synvisc which is absolutely proven. It's covered by my employer as they own both knees for the rest of my life due to on the job injuries.

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what part of the joint are you thinking it would help than? it seems that the synvisc you are on is for osteoarthritis, so thats bone, and cartlidge not tendons, correct?

The Dude said:

Joints MAYBE. Tendons I seriously doubt. Personally I'll just my Dr. start me on synvisc which is absolutely proven. It's covered by my employer as they own both knees for the rest of my life due to on the job injuries.

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I know this is an older post but just wanted to post this study to show that Alflutop has been shown efective in tendonitis. Of course they don't show what the results were compared to the control or even quantify the results they just say it was better especially in tendonitis. On the other side tho there is a lot of anecdotal evidence showing Alflutop effective in tendonitis.

[Alflutop in local therapy of shoulder periarthritis].

[Article in Russian]
Noskov SM, Fetelego OI, Krasivina IG, Dolgova LN.
Abstract

AIM:

To study efficacy of a compound biological preparation alflutop in local therapy of shoulder periarthritis (SP), to compare its efficacy with that of periarticular diprospan.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:

The trial included 54 patients with SP. Clinical SP forms consisted of subacromial and subdeltoid bursitis (SSB) (42.6%), tendinitis (57.4%). Acute disease was diagnosed in 35.2% patients, chronic one--in 64.8%. Alflutop and diprospan were injected periarticularly. The patients were divided into three groups. Patients of group 1 (n = 15) received alflutop monotherapy (2 ml, 5 injections). Group 2 (n = 24) received a single injection of diprospan (7 mg). Group 3 (n = 15) patients were given combined treatment: a single injection (7 mg) of diprospan followed by alflutop infiltrations (2 mg, 5 injections). The efficacy of the treatment was judged by some score clinical parameters, dynamometrical findings, SDQ score set, thermographic and ultrasonic signs of periarticular inflammation.
RESULTS:

A course of periarticular alflutop infiltrations in SP demonstrated the same efficacy as a single dose diprospan. However, in acute SP with bursitis diprospan produced a significantly better results while alflutop was better in chronic SP with tendinitis. Diprospan combination with alflutop produced the highest therapeutic effect irrespective of the disease course and clinical SP course.
CONCLUSION:

Local administration of alflutop in SP as monotherapy alternative to glucocorticosteroids or in combination with diprospan is effective. A differentiated approach allowing for a clinical form and course of SP raises therapeutic efficacy noticeably.

Interesting....

Did he ever end up doing this cycle?

Interesting , can't wait to hear if it helps . Sorry to change subject anyones thoughts on best quality glucosimine chondriton brand that really works.? Thanks

Synvisc acts as cartilage and lasts for 6 months with one shot. It's done into the knee (same as alflutop and adequin) and its immediate. Personally I'm not going to pretend to know where and how to inject fish oils and the like into a joint daily for a month or more and hope I do more good than damage. IGF is a godsend for any type of tendon, ligament, or cartilaginous injury. I don't believe glucosamine or any of that works. I do like DMSO though.

The Dude said:

Synvisc acts as cartilage and lasts for 6 months with one shot. It's done into the knee (same as alflutop and adequin) and its immediate. Personally I'm not going to pretend to know where and how to inject fish oils and the like into a joint daily for a month or more and hope I do more good than damage. IGF is a godsend for any type of tendon, ligament, or cartilaginous injury. I don't believe glucosamine or any of that works. I do like DMSO though.

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I had synvisc shots in my knees and it worked very well for a few months! I noticed the difference right away!

My doctor wrote my script for the new (ONE SHOT) synvisc called Synvisc ONe, and ofcourse my insurance company thinking they know best went ahead and sent me the older version of synvisc which took multile shots, so i had to go to my doctors every week for a few weeks to get the shots done, anyhow the older version with multiple shots worked very very well!