December 2005

Joint Nutraceuticals:
Lots Of Choices; Price Is Key

Our exhaustive field trials uncover many similar effective products. Your choice will come down to price.

Even with proper conditioning and warm-up, horses usually end up needing a joint product.

We started field trials of joint-supplement products in the late 1990s. At the time the major players were chondroitin and glucosamine. Since then, the market has grown tremendously with many different agents and various combinations now available.

Another change since that original trial is that the use of joint nutraceuticals has gained acceptance with human arthritis, with multiple trials showing relief equivalent to that from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as inhibition of inflammation and even arrested progression of arthritis. …