Yeah, I know, people are turned away from it for two main reasons: it's from Romania and it's a intramuscular injection.
You can look up information on Alfutop online, there have been no serious side effects from it. It is concentrated fish extract. It's not a drug. There is a similar product called Adequan that has been used forever in the US for the same purposes with dogs, cats, and horses. The only difference is it's glucosamine based instead of chondroitin. When it comes down to it, the worse thing that is going to happen is nothing will happen for you. The person who introduced me to it works IT for venture capital cancer research companies, and he had some of the researchers look at it and they said it was amazing, the building blocks of tendons in the body. One of them now regularly uses it and swears by it. There's information to be found online, and the worse thing you'll find is people saying it did nothing for them. For the price and the possible benefits, I wouldn't even call it a risk giving it a try. I've personally done 3-4 cycles, and it has helped me recover from a torn MCL, hyper extension of my finger damaging tendons in my hand, and more. If you're not into it, then that's up to you.