A portion of patients with osteophytes can take aminos, provided that the osteophytes have caused damage or destruction of the cartilage inside the joint. After a patient develops osteophytes, they may involve the inside of the joint, and the osteophytes here may cause abnormal friction on the joint surface, which will cause corresponding damage to the joint cartilage. For such lesions, regular treatment can be supplemented with drugs that nourish the articular cartilage, such as glucosamine sulfate, to promote the recovery of the associated cartilage. For patients with osteophytes other than these, taking such drugs as glucosamine sulfate has no effect, because the main pharmacological effect of such drugs is to replenish the nutrients needed in the body and then promote the formation of cartilage matrix, which will be able to play a certain auxiliary therapeutic role for the relevant cartilage damage, and such drugs are not useful for osteophytes. Patients suffering from osteophytes must go to an orthopedic clinic for regular treatment.