No Bute Navilam 'O' for Horses

This supplement contains natural anti-inflammatory ingredients which are likely to make your horse more comfortable but do not necessarily support ongoing joint health. I would suggest a supplement such as Yumove Horse, GWF Nutrition Joint Aid Plus or Equistro Flexadin which contain good quality ingredients designed to promote joint health. It is possible that you could use a supplement containing Devils Claw such as Navilam too if you feel he needs a little extra help but I would start with one of these and see how he goes.

Your question is very reasonable, but would only give part of the answer. We will investigate this further and hopefully publish the result on the website. There is a difficulty here because these products usually contain a mixture of ingredients and the types and ratios vary between them all. Any therapeutic effect which might derive from any particular plant ingredient can be increased by the inclusion of other ingredients. Then the effect from any one plant can be affected by the growing conditions of the plant, the parts of the pant used and their age and stage in the growing season, then also by the way the plant is processed after harvesting. The active components within the plant can be digested, absorbed and used by the horse to very varying extents depending on all these factors. Licensed medications are carefully standardised and all of these things are controlled and effectiveness has been measured and evaluated. Information on non-licensed supplements is largely lacking. Such as there is, is mostly provided by the manufacturers and so is not impartial. The best advice generally is to choose products from well known manufacturers who have a reputation to maintain. You also tend to get what you pay for, so the higher cost products are more likely to contain higher quality and quantities of ingredients. For the moment, that is the best advice which can be given.