Canine Cosequin vs. people product for my golden retriever

[Sanely_Eccentric]

My husband and I have noticed that after a couple of weeks on Cosequin for Canines that our older golden retriever is getting up and down on the sofa a lot easier and more frequently :lol:. Obviously, this supplement is working for her.

DH and I are trying to figure out if she needs to have the canine version (600 mg glucosamine, 300 mg chondroitin, and 250 mg msm with a loading dose for a month of double those amounts) or if she would be fine on the Costco people version that has 1500 mg of glucosamine, 1200 chondroitin, and 1500 of msm. We could buy the the Costco people version without the msm. The Costco version for people is much cheaper, but I do not want to put this dog in harm’s way either.

I would welcome the CoTH wisdom and actually DH has come to believe it in as well…except for when there’s a train wreck or a whackadoodle, but those are readily identified.

[Horsegal984]

Short answer… it depends… Helpful right?

Longer answer, a few years back the supplement industry as a whole got put under the spotlight for not having anywhere hear the concentrations on the label actually in the product. Lots of consumer advocate groups started screaming for the FDA to come in a regulate things, FDA basically said we don’t have the time or the funding, so we’ll just shut the whole supplement industry down. Which ironically enough shut most complainers up(even though they were right to be upset!)

The veterinary industry’s answer to this dilemma was to create the NASC, National Animal Supplement Council. What this means to consumers is that they products all have the quantities they list on the label, and they are stable until the expiration date. So in simple terms, you are getting what you paid for.

Human products, still pretty hit or miss honestly. Look for products that are independently tested and analyzed. Most of the human products that are tested and up to snuff are also made by the same companies that meet NASC standards. I use the human Cosamin ASU and it makes a big difference to me compared to when I was on OsteoBi Flex, and thats one of the better ones too.