laurahaddon
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Has anybody used this? My vet and physio recommended it as apparently it's the only one that's had medical testing?? Laura x
Newmarket hoof supplement
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Shipley
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Its fantasatic and half the price of other brands. I changed farrier and he recomended this it made a big difference
dixie
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Half the price ? Where are you getting it for that.
I'm also using it on vets advice and it seems very expensive.
I'm also using it on vets advice and it seems very expensive.
kizzywiz
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It has a veterinary licence, any manufacturer of any joint supplement can provide details of their research & apply for a veterinary licence but the cost is prohibitive. Vets recommend this one because of the vet licence, however I think it is expensive, it contains only glucosamine, I work for a supplement company & we certainly research & trial all our products & this research shows us that other ingredients are useful alongside the glucosamine, so to answer your question, no this is not the only product that has research.
clairencappelli
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I dont know about the feet one but my horse had an op the other day and joint damage was found. Its been reccomened by my vets that i swap fom superflex to this special newmarket one as the ingredients they use are purer and more concentrated. Apparantly some ingredients in other supplements are not absorbed properly therefore dont work as well.
This first tub of the joint supplement is going on my insurance claim but she will have to stay on it for life now. I did some searching online and you can get the newmarket ones much cheaper on some sites. My vets are charging £53 for a 500g pot of the joint one but i can get it online for as little as £38. It also comes in bigger tubs so the more i buy the cheaper i get it.
I know that the vets have said the newmarket ones are reccomended.
This first tub of the joint supplement is going on my insurance claim but she will have to stay on it for life now. I did some searching online and you can get the newmarket ones much cheaper on some sites. My vets are charging £53 for a 500g pot of the joint one but i can get it online for as little as £38. It also comes in bigger tubs so the more i buy the cheaper i get it.
I know that the vets have said the newmarket ones are reccomended.
laurahaddon
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Thank you guys, he is already on the joint supplement so im def going to give the hoof one a try, please can u let me know where u get it from cheaper x
monstermunch
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you need to remember that a vet will reccomend the product that they personally endorse as they make a lot of profit out of selling it. As bad as this sounds it's the truth which means you won't necessarily be reccomended the best product. Synequin is another one reccomended by vets. Again it is ridiculously expensive and the spec of Riaflex-equine is actually better. Glucosamine itself at a food grade standard is all going to be of a high purity. Please don't get sucked in by marketing. You can get a purity of the same on a 550g tub dosing at at least 10g daily which will last 50 days for about £21 from Riaflex-equine . Just because its expensive does not make it the best. The product that doses the highest daily dosage is the best regardless of price or brand. Glucosamine as a compound has been extensively tested and proved for its use with joints. Any company can claim it had medical testing but this is irrelavent as the scientific literature for it already exists. Therefore any glucosamine supplement if fed at the correct levels will be beneficial regardless of the brand or reccomendation by a vet.
ihatework
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I completely agree with what you have written monstermunch ....
I believe we have had a little banter in the past about your devotion to Riaflex
however I will let that pass for now
One point I wish to make though is that there has been some research done on joint suppliments and it was shown that not all products contained the levels they said they did ....
I also believe I am right in saying that the big names bought through vets e.g. newmarket and synequin etc actually do proper quality control on their product to ensure standards are kept high, obviously this will push up costs.
ETS ... the OP was actually about hoof suppliments but we obviously misread it in the desire to get the name ria-flex in!
I believe we have had a little banter in the past about your devotion to Riaflex
One point I wish to make though is that there has been some research done on joint suppliments and it was shown that not all products contained the levels they said they did ....
I also believe I am right in saying that the big names bought through vets e.g. newmarket and synequin etc actually do proper quality control on their product to ensure standards are kept high, obviously this will push up costs.
ETS ... the OP was actually about hoof suppliments but we obviously misread it in the desire to get the name ria-flex in!
monstermunch
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Oops yeahp I apparantly did completely mis read what the post was about. Sorry. Although my reasoning still stands about the research side of it. I do feel passionately about trying to help people get as much info as possible so point taken on mentioning that name too much. it is done with genuine reason though. It would take hours to explain all the same info on that site in one post. I will read more carefully next time
monstermunch
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bit confused though cause some of the posts seem to be about joint supplements hence my reply!
obviously I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere along the way or the converstaion changed half way through posts. heh these things happen!
