Riaflex

I fed Riaflex Complete for just over 6 months a year ago. It works but i had to feed the higher lever rate to get results with my old TB. It's just so expensive & the pots are small !!

I have since moved to Feedmark Extraflex & the results are just as good as Riaflex but Extraflex is cheaper & lasts longer.
 
I used the Feedmark Extraflex on my TB years ago, I hadn't actually looked into that one this time around. Looking at the values the extraflex is a lot lower in Chondroitin than the riaflex complete but then £42 for a month's supply is a lot of dosh. Maybe I'll go for the extraflex instead!
 
I have been recommended it by numerous people, and now have two horses on it - one, a 12yr old mare who just needs to be kept a bit more supple as she does more advanced work, and the other a 10 yr old gelding who needs help with his sacro-illiac. They've only just gone on it, so nothing to report yet, but having already seen other people's results with my own eyes, I'm more than happy to shell out for it.
The other thing I was considering was making up my own supplement. You can buy the individual ingredients (i.e chondrition(sp?), glucosamine etc) fairly cheaply and make them up at optimum levels for the individual horse, as not many supplements on the market contain all the best elements at optimum levels.
 
I use Riaflex Complete on several of mine with excellent results - and I've recommended it to a number of people, all of whom have had good results too. It's worth the bit extra and is still FAR cheaper than Synequin (which most vets recommend) which has a slightly lower spec.

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Looking at the values the extraflex is a lot lower in Chondroitin than the riaflex complete but then £42 for a month's supply is a lot of dosh.

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Feedmark has been in trouble with the ASA over its advertising claims for Extraflex - http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/non_broadcast/Adjudication+Details.htm?Adjudication_id=40916

ALL the research suggests that anything less than 4g of Chondroitin is not worth feeding - so if it contains a lot less than Riaflex Complete (which gives 4 g) you're paying for something that is no use at all.

Similarly the research says 10 g of Glucosamine is the optimum 'dose' - giving less has considerably less effect.
 
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The other thing I was considering was making up my own supplement. You can buy the individual ingredients (i.e chondrition(sp?), glucosamine etc) fairly cheaply and make them up at optimum levels for the individual horse, as not many supplements on the market contain all the best elements at optimum levels.

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Would be really interested to hear how this goes. We need a supplement for one of ours. We tried Riaflex Complete but being honest didn't see a real difference, and that was after three pots. Our vet commented on the low value of HA in it?
 
Try cosequine from your vet. It is pricey but the difference in my lad has been amazing. He was dragging left hind toe very slightly and now he gets an inch clearance. He has much more suppleness and movement much easier through all joints.
The company has lots of scientific research and data to back the product up.
 
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