that helps/works...

my husband had a treatment and it helped him a lot. but after the first injection our insurance decided not to pay any more so he can't get any more injections. They'd rather pay for the knee replacement.

But it didn't help me very much. I had to have pre-approval from Medicare and I won't get Euflexxa injections again. I'd rather have the knee replacements; at least I'll be able to exercise after the surgery heals.

this is a get rich scheme at this point. I recall reading about a woman who had stem cell treatment for her eye and the result was she had bone growing in her eye. A company advertising in my area was not even staffed by doctors.

I had an injection of reconstituted amniotic tissue into my left shoulder about 7 months ago.
I had recurrent pain before and now no pain whatsoever. The function has improved dramatically
I haven't had any post treatment x-rays or MRIs. Why should I?

However I didn't have a cartilage issue. Cartilage is very difficult to regenerate.
But don't give up totally.

In powdered form, very water-soluble. I think it has helped my knees and other joints quite a bit.

I admit to being skeptical when I first read about it. I thought it would probably just be digested and pass through the body. But it seems to be helping -- slowly, and over a fairly long period, but helping nonetheless.

Your mileage may vary. It's certainly cheaper and less questionable than stem cell injections.