Best Joint Supplement - Arthritis

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My horse has been diagnosed with advanced arthritis in her left hock (has already fused) with a likelihood of it developing in her right hock over time.

Vet suggested a joint supplement to keep her comfortable next spring (he wants to first tell if corticosteroids work before I put her on the supplement), and suggested Cortaflex.

Is that the best one out there or would anyone recommend a different one?

Also is liquid or powder better?
 
I use cortaflex. Its not cheap but I don't mind coughing up for it as I do notice the difference in my horse when it runs out.
 
I had my hunter on synequin whilst he was still in work, which worked nicely. But he has now been retired and I couldn't stomach the thought of shelling out that much on a horse that does nothing so I moved him onto an equimins one and dare I say it he actually looks sounder. Haven't tried any others though so don't have much to compare to.
 
Joint supplements are a minefield and different ones work for different horses so you really have to just try them and see. Sorry to those that hate the 'tumeric bandwagon' but I am a big fan of turmeric for pain relief, it is a natural anti inflammatory, but it doesn't actually assist or support the joints in any way. The expensive veterinary grade Synequin and similar are good. A lot of the ones you can buy in tack shops/online you have to feed vast quantities of to get to the published recommended levels required of glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM etc. You get what you pay for! I don't rate Cortaflex as it never helped my horse but it might help yours.
 
Have to say im a supplease gold fan, not sure if the offers ended but i bought 3x 250g tubs, got one tub free, then 30% off on top, so three months supply cost me £30!!!
 
I was under the impression that MSM helps horses with mild bone spavin. Got my horse on Equine America with MSM, glocuosamine and chrondroitin. Its about £14 and lasts about 60 days fed at maintenance. The thing to remember with joint supplements is that the expensive ones are not necessarily the best.
 
We are using turmeric and Maxaflex (which contains all the usual joint supplements plus green lipped mussel) for our mare with facet joint arthritis. It's hard to know what's working but vet has been pleased with her progress following lengthy rehab and as neither supplement cost much, we plan to continue with both.
 
I love equimins flexijoint, really rate equimins products and in fact its very close to the local vets joint supplement at a fraction off the price and really works
 
Another vote for suppleaze gold here! Pie was on riaflex originally which cost a lot and i did t see much difference. Changed him to suppleaze last summer and really pleased with how he is on it. He doesn't have any issues that I'm aware of, he's just a slightly older fella (19, acts like 6) and is a bit creaky. Going better than ever at the moment though which may in part be due to this??!!
 
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