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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | I have a 6 yo who has been on barrels almost a year. I heard Lubrisyn was good for stopping problems before they were created. Educate me, please... |
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The Advice Guru
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| I use Lubrysin and I love it.
Lubrysin is hylauronic acid, the company says the HA is absorbed into the blood stream via the mucosa before it ever gets to the stomach. As we all know the stomach acid would destroy it.
Hylauronic acid is a prostaglandin inhibitor, what this means it is prevents the inflammatory cells from multiplying.
I used it last year on my young horses ages 5 and 6, they were getting ran pretty often, the 6 yr olds I was thinking I was going to have to get hocks checked as I noticed subtle things (shifting weight, turning more on front end) after a week no more resting a back leg, and working off of their hind ends.
I also had noticed a few horses had small windpuffs, after giving the Lubrysin, the windpuffs went away, and their legs were clean and tight.
I have a 9 yr old bull mastiff who is having hip problems to the point he had difficulty transitioning from laying to standing, and he could no longer get into my car. After a week on Lubrysin he could stand up, and actually jump into my truck.
The downside to Lubrysin is it is excreted from the body so fast, it is not built up in their system at all, therefore you cannot miss a day. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-06-24 11:49 PM
I use Lubrysin and I love it.
Lubrysin is hylauronic acid, the company says the HA is absorbed into the blood stream via the mucosa before it ever gets to the stomach. As we all know the stomach acid would destroy it.
Hylauronic acid is a prostaglandin inhibitor, what this means it is prevents the inflammatory cells from multiplying.
I used it last year on my young horses ages 5 and 6, they were getting ran pretty often, the 6 yr olds I was thinking I was going to have to get hocks checked as I noticed subtle things (shifting weight, turning more on front end) after a week no more resting a back leg, and working off of their hind ends.
I also had noticed a few horses had small windpuffs, after giving the Lubrysin, the windpuffs went away, and their legs were clean and tight.
I have a 9 yr old bull mastiff who is having hip problems to the point he had difficulty transitioning from laying to standing, and he could no longer get into my car. After a week on Lubrysin he could stand up, and actually jump into my truck.
The downside to Lubrysin is it is excreted from the body so fast, it is not built up in their system at all, therefore you cannot miss a day.
Would Lubrisyn be something for an older horse that doesnt have a lot of known joint problems? Not to steal your thread but I have been tossing around putting my 12 year old on something. |
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The Advice Guru
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| stayceem - 2015-06-25 8:23 AM
cheryl makofka - 2015-06-24 11:49 PM
I use Lubrysin and I love it.
Lubrysin is hylauronic acid, the company says the HA is absorbed into the blood stream via the mucosa before it ever gets to the stomach. As we all know the stomach acid would destroy it.
Hylauronic acid is a prostaglandin inhibitor, what this means it is prevents the inflammatory cells from multiplying.
I used it last year on my young horses ages 5 and 6, they were getting ran pretty often, the 6 yr olds I was thinking I was going to have to get hocks checked as I noticed subtle things (shifting weight, turning more on front end) after a week no more resting a back leg, and working off of their hind ends.
I also had noticed a few horses had small windpuffs, after giving the Lubrysin, the windpuffs went away, and their legs were clean and tight.
I have a 9 yr old bull mastiff who is having hip problems to the point he had difficulty transitioning from laying to standing, and he could no longer get into my car. After a week on Lubrysin he could stand up, and actually jump into my truck.
The downside to Lubrysin is it is excreted from the body so fast, it is not built up in their system at all, therefore you cannot miss a day.
Would Lubrisyn be something for an older horse that doesnt have a lot of known joint problems? Not to steal your thread but I have been tossing around putting my 12 year old on something.
It could help, definitely wouldn't do any harm.
Mine will probably stay on it well into their teens |
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I just read the headlines
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| Cheryl, do you feel it may help to postpone the eventual need for injections? |
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| GLP - 2015-06-25 9:14 AM
Cheryl, do you feel it may help to postpone the eventual need for injections?
I believe it has postponed injections on two of my horses, as I said two were showing subtle signs their hocks were bothering them, I had an appointment to take them to the vet a week later, coincidently it started the Lubrysin and a week later all the subtle signs went away so I cancelled the vet appointment. |
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I just read the headlines
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-06-25 9:21 AM
GLP - 2015-06-25 9:14 AM
Cheryl, do you feel it may help to postpone the eventual need for injections?
I believe it has postponed injections on two of my horses, as I said two were showing subtle signs their hocks were bothering them, I had an appointment to take them to the vet a week later, coincidently it started the Lubrysin and a week later all the subtle signs went away so I cancelled the vet appointment.
Thank you, that is good to know. |
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 A Bit of a Grammar Nut
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Location: floating down a river | I am a huge fan of lubrisyn! I have been using it for years on both my husbands and my rope horses and feel it has allowed me to get away with no injections on them- ages 19 and 17. I also use it on our younger ones just to avoid issues. Great stuff. |
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| How much Lubrisyn are you all giving and where do you get it from? |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | I use it on all my adult horses. My husband also takes it himself. (the flavored version)
I always get the gallon through Amazon, and you get a pump with it. 1 pump is about 15 ML and that is what they get every day over their grain.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I bought some from Leanin Pole Arena/Tack. She has great prices on all her tack etc. I also get my Gale Beebe reins from her.
http://www.leaninpolearena.com/contact-us.aspx |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I prefer Cosequin ASU Plus. I use it along with Platinum Performance. The Cosequin has not only HA but also MSM, Glucosamine,Chondroitin Sulfate, along with other ingredients such as Green Tea for free radicals. Both Platinum and Consequin are recommended by my vet. I used to feed Lubrisyn but had to add so many other supplements to get everything I wanted that I ended up with soup. |
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| I was using Lubrisyn also, but then switched to Formula 1 Noni the blue label with HA in it. We have had great results with it. |
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