It STILL REALLY WORKS!!!  But... this doesn't have D3 and is not 33% smaller any more.
Update: No longer is the version with D3 or 33% smaller and is now from a new vendor HBKDirect (this page used to be for Fresh and Fast, which it still is in my Order History).  This is no longer a good deal at all at this price without those features.<br /><br />I have tried taking this, stopping it, given it to others... unanimously... THIS WORKS!<br /><br />When my wife was working at a retail pharmacy, all the patients used to tell her that the various chondrotin formulas did nothing for them, but that this one, and specificialy the Triple Strength, really worked for them.  When I fell and ruptured a disk, I had so much pain and nothing helped.  I started taking this and felt so much better.  I was able to put off surgery for 12 years (only additional falls forced me to have it).  Since then, I've given it to many friends with chronic back pain and sciatica and they say they love it and they now take it every day.  Recently though, I thought maybe I did not need it anymore.<br /><br />I was on neurontin/gabapentin for neurological pain and it was helping, so I thought, maybe I don't need the Osteo anymore.  So, I stopped taking it.  I didn't really think much about it and, in the following weeks, I was really distressed by all the neck pain (had a fusion there too) and back pain and the leg and hip pain I was having.  One day, it dawned on me, could it be the Osteo?  I went back to taking it.  In about a week or so... pain gone.  Dang.  I will never stop taking this again!<br /><br />Really, try it, it will make your life so much better.  But, give it time.  It can take a couple weeks or even a month to really kick in (it has to build up in your joints).  You can take a loading dose (double up on the dose for the first bit to make it help more quickly), but discuss that with your pharmacist or doctor, as everyone is different and this may be unwise for you in particular.  This is also now helping my wife with her arthritis, though I will say it seems less effective there... it helps, but it is not the kind of miracle it has been with my back.
Rating: 4 stars