May 2004

Nitric Oxide: An Emerging Miracle Molecule

Nitric oxide appears to be a cutting-edge find in treatment of arthritis, EPM, laminitis, heaves and more.

Even a partial block of nitric-oxide production may cause a reduction in exercise tolerance.

Once in a while a discovery is made that changes the face of medicine forever: Bacteria as a cause of infections, effective anesthetics, penicillin and the first vaccine are examples. In 1998, Americans Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad earned the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work on the functions of nitric oxide in the body. We believe this is another one of those scientific milestones.

We’re not talking about nitrous oxide, commonly called “laughing gas.” Nitric oxide (NO) is a simple molecule (one nitrogen, one oxygen). It exists as a gas, with a life within the body of only a few seconds, but in…