PlainVitamins

Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM

by Swanson Premium Brand · tablet or pill · 120 tablets

  • Off the market since October 2018 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 11009 7
  • DSLD label 174764
  • Serving 3 tablets
  • 40 servings

Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM by Swanson Premium Brand lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 750 mg of glucosamine sulfate, 600 mg of chondroitin sulfate and 450 mg of MSM. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2018.

What is in Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 tablets. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 174764, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Glucosamine Sulfateas ShellfishGlucosamine Sulfate (Form: from shellfish) (Alt. Name: 2KCl)750 mgGlucosamine Sulfate in Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM against 875 products0.75 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.75 g

53% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 1.5 g.

Chondroitin SulfateChondroitin Sulfate Note: USP600 mgChondroitin Sulfate in Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM against 950 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 400 mg.600 mg

Higher than 58% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate (median 400 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg.

MSM450 mgMethylsulfonylmethane in Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM against 1,454 products450 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.450 mg

51% of 1,454 products listing methylsulfonylmethane give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 174764 (entered June 25, 2018), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records 1 to 2 servings a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, take three tablets two times per day with food and water for the first 60 days. Continue with three tablets one to two times per day with food and water thereafter.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 174764.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Calcium Carbonate, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Croscarmellose Sodium, Food Glaze.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed purity & potency.

How many labels does Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM have?

4 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 174764 (current) Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market October 10, 2018 · 120 tablets · UPC 0 87614 11009 7
  2. Label 174716 Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market March 19, 2018 · 120 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01891 1
  3. Label 78825 Entered September 21, 2017 · off the market September 19, 2018 · 240 tablets · UPC 0 87614 11081 3
  4. Label 26595 Entered October 25, 2013 · off the market July 25, 2017 · 240 tablets · UPC 0 87614 11081 3

DSLD also links this label to: Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM (package size difference, same product), Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM (image difference, same product), Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM (package size difference, same product).

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Premium Brand products.

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