Mobility supps - how much is adequate chondroitin?

[Stroppy Mare]

As above really, in mobility supps, how much would you say was an acceptable amount of chondroitin in par with the amount of glucosamine and MSM?

 

[budley95]

What chondroitin? As in what strength so you could work out dosage. Might be easier to just get one with all of them in. You can get all of them together in human tablet form and then if pony won't just eat it up, pet supermarket do a pill crusher? Think Dodson and horrel do a complete one as well. Probably a lot cheaper than doing it all as individual supplements! Think chondroitin just helps with absorption of glucosamine rather than actually helping with mobility?

 

[Stroppy Mare]

No, my post isn't obviously clear. I mean in a combined supplement with glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM. I've heard you need an adequate amount of chondroitin for the correct uptake of glucosamine. But there's such a variation, I don't know exactly what's deemed appropriate.

As in the supplement I've started feeding contains 5000mg glucosamine, 5000mg MSM but only 12mg chondroitin. Yet another supplement I've since seen has 4000mg chondroitin and 4000mg glucosamine (but nothing else of note).

 

[budley95]

Oh right! Well my glucosamine and chondroitin is 665mg glucosamine and 100mg chondroitin and then 2 to 3 tablets. And that's helps my knee no end. Assume similar proportions for ponies!?

 

[JanetGeorge]

As in the supplement I've started feeding contains 5000mg glucosamine, 5000mg MSM but only 12mg chondroitin. Yet another supplement I've since seen has 4000mg chondroitin and 4000mg glucosamine (but nothing else of note).

The optimum daily level rate for a 60-80kg human would be:

2000mg Glucosamine
2000mg MSM
1000mg Chondroitin

A horse, being obviously much heavier, should be administered a daily level of at least the following:

10,000mg/10g Glucosamine
10,000mg/10g MSM
4000mg/4g Chondroitin
(based on a 300-600kg horse)

Not many of the supplements provide sufficient Chondroitin (that's the most expensive ingredient!) Synequin (generally recommended by vets) does - and so does Riaflex Complete (which I've used for years - because it's about a third of the price of Synequin and gives excellent results!!)

 

[Mongoose11]

I was just about to suggest Riaflex.

Janet George if you notice that your new supply of Riaflex has a new and improved product design that was my husband the new dog design is already out there but the equine ones are only just starting to be sent.