Joint Enhancer For Cats vs. Joint Enhancer For Dogs Comparison

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VetriScience GlycoFlex Classic 600 MG Joint Support Chewable Tablet Supplement for Dogs

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Product Type

Capsule

Chewable Tablet

How it works

Maintains healthy joints

Maintains healthy joints & connective tissue

Additional Benefits

Chondroitin

100 mg

300 mg

N/A

Omega Fatty Acids

Manganese

8 mg

2 mg

N/A

For Medium and Small Dogs

N/A

Creatine

N/A

Perna

N/A

600 mg

What Makes it Different?

Helps cats maintain a healthy activity level. Comes as a natural tuna flavor

Helps dogs maintains a healthy activity level.

Specially formulated for dogs predisposed to hip or joint problems

How Long Does it Take to Work?

1-3 weeks

Up to 4 weeks

Usage

VetriScience GlycoFlex Classic 600 MG Joint Support Chewable Tablet Supplement for Dogs Usage

Taste

Natural Tuna and Chicken Flavor

Pork Liver Flavor

N/A

Ok to Use with RX Pain Medications?

Recommended For

Cats

Dogs

Here's What Customers are Saying Pros

"(3 capsules per day, mixed in a little water). He is now 17, climbs 6 foot fences with ease"

"Within three days of giving my dog Lucy (she'll be 13 yrs old in August/she is a Lab) she has more stamina and energy."

"...after about 4 weeks of Glyco Flex 600 there is a big difference in him. He's up and ready to go and his walking and running is much better."

Here's What Customers are Saying Cons

N/A

Vet Review

There are not too many effective joint supplements on the market today for cats. A wonderful and effective economic alternative is the Joint Enhancer for Cats from 1800PetMeds. The synergistic combination of glucosamine and chondroitin help maintain healthy joints and healthy activity levels. Using this product regularly will reduce joint pain, as well as ease motion in middle age and older cats with arthritis. I will also often suggest it as a preventative to senior cats, who often mask hidden arthritis very well. Most cats do love the tuna and chicken flavor as well. I will often reach for this economic product to try first over cosequin in practice. I give this product an overall rating of 4 out of 5.

One of the more reliable economic alternatives to some of the more expensive joint supplements such as Cosequin and Glyco-Flex is the supplement joint enhancer from 1800petmeds. The excellent quantity of glucosamine and chondroitin helps maintain healthy joints, as well as improve flexibility and ease of motion and jumping. I have found that most dogs do love the pork flavor, making the product quite easy to administer. I also like the fact that joint enhancer also includes vitamin C, Vitamin E, selenium, and bioflavonoid that can have antioxidant effects and protective benefits on the joints. I have only seen rare side effects with this product with occasional diarrhea. This is an excellent preventative product for joint health, as well as therapeutic for dogs with existing joint disease. I give this product an overall rating of 4 out of 5.

One of my favorite long term and reliable joint supplements that has been out for years is the product Glyco-Flex classic by Vetri-Science. The main ingredient in this wonderful product, known as perna canaliculus(the green lipped mussel) has many years of clinical research behind its use in the human field for helping treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. This product was the very first offered by one of the most trustworthy and reliable companies in Vetri-Science, and was the basis for many of their other wonderful Glyco-Flex products. This product helps to maintain healthy joints and connective tissue health, and so it is an excellent product to use as a preventative in those pets predisposed to hip or joint problems. The only cautions I can bring up is to check with your veterinarian if a pet is diabetic, as well as if there is a history of urinary tract stones. I find that any digestive side effects are prevented by giving the chewable supplement with food. It should also be avoided in pregnant and breeding animals. I give this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5.

How Much Do I Give My Pet?

Depends on weight.

RX Prescription Required?

Known Side Effects

None

Consult your veterinarian on animals: with clotting disorders; being treated with anticoagulant medications; diabetes, or any metabolic disorder causing hyperglycemia; history of urinary tract stones; known allergy to shellfish.

Rare Side Effects

Diarrhea

None

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