GLC5500 2# Average 90 Day Supply

One Jar $120

Four Jars $110 each

No Local Delivery Charge

Regular Shipping with Signature Delivery Confirmation is at Cost

No Fillers

Cost Effective

Reduces Need for Veterinary Treatment

Real Research Supports Claims, Not Just Hype or Subjective Testimonials

Link to 8 Year Clinical Study Published in the International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine, a peer-reviewed study.

“GLC 5500 has earned the acclaim of the nation's leading equine hospitals, orthopedic surgeons, world champions, and top veterinarians the world over. The reason for our success is simple. GLC 5500 delivers the guaranteed results top professionals demand and the unequaled purity and performance YOU deserve.”

GLC5500 is the only equine glucosamine and chondroitin joint supplement approved by ConsumerLab.com as containing all of the ingredients on its label with the purity described.  Visit http://www.consumerLab.com to learn how most chondroitin supplements do not deliver the amount of the active ingredient stated on the label.

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PS:  Our 10 year old boxer, “Clue” has been on GLC1000 (canine) since age 7, and there is a human version, GLC2000.

Oral Hyaluronic Acid Unproven Yet Costs As Much

To avoid the invasiveness, expense, and time off required by injections, many horse owners and trainers have now jumped on the availability of oral hyaluronic acid supplements.  The oral hyaluronics are added to feed or directly in the mouth daily. Paste versions cost about $30 for a 10 dose syringe, Hyalun’s liquid is about $40 for a 30 day supply, or  Vita-Flex has HylaMotion in alfalfa/grain base powder $40 for 30 day supply or Gel $7.95 per 3 dose syringe which would equal $80 per month.  However, there is no clinical evidence that the highly complex molecule (made from glucosamine and chondroitin) can be absorbed through the digestive system without being destroyed.  If there was, veterinarians would sell the supplements just as they do GLC5500, Cosequin®, and Strongid®. What little clinical evidence supporting oral use in humans and other animals exists requires a version with a heavy molecular weight of at least 2.4 million Daltons. Most oral HA supplements are not of a heavy molecular weight, (usually only 1.33 million Daltons) and so do not disclose what their molecular weight is on the label.  All of the positive research cited by the manufacturers selling oral hyaluronic acid for equine treatment has been done with injections, NOT oral administration!

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This equine joint supplement surpasses anything else on the market for oral preventative or therapeutic care for osteoarthritis.  One jar lasts the average horse 3 months.

Del Camino has used it on all show and pleasure horses in regular work ages 10 + as a preventative, and all senior horses whether or not they present symptoms of arthritis requiring therapeutic treatment.  As a result, we have had many very senior horses able to comfortably perform without injections well into their 20’s and 30’s. 

Peer-reviewed clinical veterinary studies of GLC5500 with show jumpers that had been getting injections proved that they could reduce the frequency of such injections by half (double the time between injections.)  Our own Angel, the only horse to enter our program that had been injected, was able to go 4 times longer than average due to daily GLC5500.  None of the other horses shown on our website were ever injected, thanks to many factors, including daily GLC5500.

Unlike most Glucosamine/Chondroitin supplements, GLC5500 contains an appropriate amount of ascorbate and manganese, which are required for the horse’s body to metabolize (absorb and use properly) the complex glucosamine and chondroitin molecules.

Cosequin® was the first, and for many years only, true GAG oral joint supplement, because it does contain ascorbate and manganese. Until recent years it was only available from veterinarians.  However, glucose-mine is better utilized when provided in more than one form.  Cosequin® only provides the HCI (hydrochloride) compound. Studies reveal the horse only absorbs 5.9% of the oral dosage of HCI. LC5500 also contains the sulfate and potassium types, making it easier for the body to convert them to hyaluronic acid.  Studies show that 95% of the sulfate type is absorbed. Studies also find that the synergy of the three types in cartilage and synovial fluid improvement, and that the ratio of glucosamine to chondroitin is important as well, not just one or the other.  GLC5500 provides all these advantages in a pharmaceutical grade formula.  GLC5500 is only available from veterinarians, online directly, and a few select resellers, such as Del Camino.

Unlike Cosequin® and other supplements, GLC5500 does not need to be “loaded” with double doses for the first 2 to 4 weeks.  Cosequin® 2 lb. (212 scoops) jar lasts the average horse on maintenance (after loading) using 2 scoops per day about 3 months, at an average cost of $120 - $140 per jar plus tax or shipping.  GLC5500 purchased direct online lasts the average horse 3 months at $125 per jar plus $5.95 shipping.  So while the price is comparable, GLC5500 is the proven superior product.

Del Camino price = $120 + shipping for single jar orders. No local delivery charge to Phoenix area clients within 15 miles of our office.  Delivery takes about 10 business days. Order 4 jars and get $10 off per jar – Save $40 for the year!

Cosequin® per month (after loading) = $46.66 + tax/shipping

GLC5500 per month (no loading) = $40.00 no shipping

Your Current Off-the-Shelf Joint Supplement 30 day supply cost? Active Ingredients? Giving you visible results?

No Fillers, or Symptom Masking Herbs

If you read the labels of most joint supplements, there is precious little of the important active ingredients, and a lot of fillers (like ground alfalfa and flavorings (like molasses) or in the liquid ones, water. 

Shark cartilage is often a main active ingredient.  Sharks make cartilage like other vertebrates from collagen and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Ground cartilage is too complex for most animals to use.  Also, there is no manufacturing quality standard for refining shark cartilage. Purity and potency may vary from one lot to the next, and it is often mixed with binders and fillers. GLC5500 is not cheap ground shark cartilage.

Many joint supplements contain devil’s claw, yucca, or both.  These are anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving herbs, used as substitutes for “bute” or aspirin.  They do not help the horse make more hyaluronic acid and thus synovial fluid to lubricate and cushion the joint.  What they do is mask the symptoms, enabling the horse to “work with” the deteriorating joint without the pain that shows up as stiffness or lameness.  Pregnant mares should not take devil’s claw or yucca because of the possibility of placentitis or prematurity.

Liquids separate and are difficult to pour accurately, causing waste. Sugar water can grow harmful molds or bacteria, especially if stored in hot barns in the summer. Horses on low carbohydrate diets do not need joint supplements made with molasses or sugar water.

Avoid or Reduce Frequent Invasive Steroid, Glycosaminoglycan, or Hyaluronic Acid Injections

Many young, fit, performance horses, and senior pleasure horses have such wear and tear on their knees, hocks, stifles or fetlocks (depending on the sport) from trauma or early arthritis, to require injections of cortico-steroids as anti-inflammatories, hyaluronate sodium (Legend) either intravenously or intra-articularly, or  polysulfated glycosaminoglycan (Adequan) intramuscularly or intra-articularly.  The steroids, which can have negative side effects including the onset of Cushing’s or laminitis, are not used as much since the GAGs became available.

The horse must be sedated, due to possible damage to cartilage if the horse moves. The joint injection site is shaved and thoroughly sterilized to reduce risk of serious infection if contaminated.  The horse must stall rest 24-48 hours after any injection, whether vein, muscle, or joint.  Swelling, pain, even temporary lameness may result from the injection.  Injections are repeated once a week for three weeks for Legend IV, or five weeks for Adequan IA, or every 4 days for 28 days (7 shots) for Adequan IM. 

Results vary with the severity of the case and the work the horse does. On average, repeat treatment is required at 6 month intervals.  Minimum cost for one injection you give after buying from an equine pharmacy with a prescription from your veterinarian is $70.00 plus tax and/or shipping and disposable syringe/needle per dose for Legend IV times 3, $42 per dose for Adequan IM x 7. 

Some horse people are comfortable giving intramuscular injections of vaccinations or medications, but not in the vein due to possible errors.  So, the cost runs about $125.00 per visit, or $375 to $679 for a course of treatment by a veterinarian, more for in the joint (due to sedation drugs).

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