Supplements - how long before results?

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Generally speaking, how long do you trial a supplement before deciding if it is (or isn't) effective?

Our mare become very sensitive to leg aids (always has been sensitive but became more reactive), and irritable to being groomed and girthed up a few weeks ago, and was particularly difficult to ride on one occasion. After recommendation from a trainer, we put her on Frisky Mare Plus and within a week she was back to normal - however during that week we also noticed she came into season. Roll on 3 weeks and although she's not been different to ride this time she is back and season and a bit girthy and sensitive to grooming again.

I've just bought the second tub of Frisky Mare Plus as I thought 3 weeks probably wasnt a fair trial (as it says 4-6 weeks on full dose and then reduce). So I'll keep her on it a bit longer, but if she's still irritable on her next season is it fair to assume it isn't working?
 
Caramac71 said:
Generally speaking, how long do you trial a supplement before deciding if it is (or isn't) effective?

Our mare become very sensitive to leg aids (always has been sensitive but became more reactive), and irritable to being groomed and girthed up a few weeks ago, and was particularly difficult to ride on one occasion. After recommendation from a trainer, we put her on Frisky Mare Plus and within a week she was back to normal - however during that week we also noticed she came into season. Roll on 3 weeks and although she's not been different to ride this time she is back and season and a bit girthy and sensitive to grooming again.

I've just bought the second tub of Frisky Mare Plus as I thought 3 weeks probably wasnt a fair trial (as it says 4-6 weeks on full dose and then reduce). So I'll keep her on it a bit longer, but if she's still irritable on her next season is it fair to assume it isn't working?
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One of my friends said she was going to put her mare onto a calming supplement (powder form) three days before a fun ride. I said I thought she was wasting her time as I thought it took two to three weeks for supplements to get into the system and to see a result from the same.

I know liquid supplements are much quicker acting that powder ones and those in a syringe are meant to act straight away.
 
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