What are the medicines to repair cartilage

In clinical practice, drugs that can repair cartilage are commonly used for the treatment of arthritis and other symptoms arising from cartilage wear and tear, such as oral glucosamine and sodium glutamate injected into the joint cavity. It can stimulate chondrocytes to produce proteoglycans with normal multimeric structure, which can repair chondrocytes, can prevent the production of damaged cellular free radicals, and promote the reconstruction and repair of cartilage matrix, thus relieving pain in joints. It can be used to treat and prevent arthritis in joint parts, including arthritis in wrist joints, cervical joints and ankle joints, etc. For the common knee arthritis, it can be treated by joint cavity injection of sodium vitrate. In addition to western drugs mainly glucosamine, some Chinese medicines also have the effect of repairing soft tissues. This repairing soft tissues is based on the treatment principle of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and belongs to Chinese medicine, such as Dahuoluo capsule.