You may want to try incorporating DMSO or even plain old MSM. Check out this piece from WebsterKehr-
websterkehr.com/msm_cd/
My dog and I are on the 24 drop/day protocol, but I adjust his dose by weight to be the equivalent of what I take. My body won't accept 3 drops at once, so I take 2 drops every 40 minutes instead of 3 drops every hour, and it seems fine, so far.
I sprinkle 1 Tbsp of MSM on Drake's food in the morning and evening, 2 hours before and after the dosing period. I basically do the same but just knock back 1 Tbsp in water from a good whiskey swirler glass. Very interesting info in the link above.
Drake and I are both showing significant improvements, and it keeps getting better and better. We are on week 3 of the protocol now.
We are newbies on this, so please gather other opinions if you can find them. Just my $0.02 for now.