What is the best drug or natural med to treat osteoarthritis in the knees and ankles?

To be honest, there is not much science to support many of the “medications,” such as glucosamine, outside of studies put out by companies that sell the medications. That isn’t to say that there aren’t things out there that can help, but that more often than not, it is simply a snake oil product, brought to you by a company that relies on peoples emotions and the placebo effect to sell drugs. Magnets and Copper are a great example of this, but the medical industry is filled with fake cures.

Typically, you will be much better suited to spend time preforming safe low impact exercises and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including getting enough calcium and vitamin D. Accredited medical studies have found this to be an effective way to help prevent arthritis from getting worse.

Finding ways of making your life easier by identifying tasks that are difficult or cause arthritis pain and then brainstorming ways of making these tasks easier is also a very important part of treatment.