Customer Reviews

Nutramax Cosequin for Cats - 80 Sprinkle Capsules

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I started my 14 year old cat on this when she started having problems with her joints. It has made a huge difference in her quality of life. She jumps and runs around like she is 10 years younger. I wholeheartedly recommend it for the older cat with joint problems. It's easy to give her as it's in a capsule form and I easily open the capsule and sprinkle the powder on her wet food, then mix it in and she eats it up and doesn't know anything is different in her food. As I said a great product.

I have a 4 1/2 year old cat who's suffered from sterile cystitis since she was a young kitten. This is rare in cats so young so it took a long time and many tests to figure out what was wrong with her. Finally our vet mentioned that there was a possibility she had sterile cystitis and that we should try Cosequin and see if it worked. Our first night trying it this skittish kitten who hated pills licked up half of the powder before I could even mix it in with the food! She loved it! Within about a week her symptoms were dissipating and we stopped noticing as much blood in her urine. A few weeks later she was just fine, obviously not in pain anymore. She's been on these pills about 3 years now, taking one nearly every night in a small amount of babyfood, and we've only seen a couple small, short outbreaks of her sterile cystitis, and only during periods of very high stress (such as when we moved).

While it doesn't break the bank at the vet, it's MUCH cheaper on here, more than half off the price I've noticed. Also we've never had a problem with it showing up late or damaged. Since our cat could very well be on this for the rest of her life I'm so glad we have a place to buy it from that saves us so much money!

My elderly kitty had orthopedic surgery on his right knee in Feb '07 and a month later he was still in pain and walking very gingerly. Our local vet suggested Nutramax Cosequin for Cats and within four days there was an absolutely dramatic change for the better. Moses stopped growling, crying, and biting his tail. He began walking around the bedroom in which he was confined (for safety). His appetite improved and he enjoyed grooming once again. He has continued his progress and his walk is sure-footed and appears painless. He sleeps well, is as active as his surgeon allows, and we are very thankful to have found this product. My fiancee believes that Glucosamine and Chondroitin enabled him to postpone his knee surgery for nearly ten years so he was not as surprised as I about our kitty's improvement.

Pain and arthritis control is so difficult in cats. Please speak to your Vet and consider trying this product. Open the capsules and sprinkle into about a tablespoonful of food and mix it in. Our little Mr. Fussy-eater likes it just fine! Then offer any other food your cat might like. Cosequin certainly reduced, and has nearly ended, any visible suffering for our precious little guy. Thanks, Nutramax. RB

I read all the reviews and talked to my vet about this product. It sounds AMAZING and so perfect for my senior kitty! The bad thing is that he REFUSES to eat it. I've disguised it in his wet food. I've tried mixing it with the hairball formula he likes. And I even put it in baby food (chicken only, no preservatives or additives or etc... a treat I learned from the breeders) but he can smell it a mile away!

Too bad its in a powder formula because I will not subject him to having me shove a whole pill down his throat every day. =( I only wish they had samples or even smaller boxes of this stuff so that my purchase wouldn't go to such waste.

My cat is 11 years old, and he was experiencing odd behavior with the rear half of his body, where it looked like he just didn't have control of his legs sometimes. The vet did much poking and prodding, and she could only be certain he had arthritis along his spine, based on his reaction when she pressed firmly with her fingers. We started him on Cosequin a month and a half ago, one capsule in the am and one in the pm, and he is doing so much better. I haven't seen that odd loss of control, as I call it, and he's been running around like we've taken 5 years off his life. Since my vet charges almost $ (with tax) for a box of 80 capsules, I will definitely be buying Cosequin from Amazon or another online site for the future. I highly recommend Cosequin for older cats.

This product works very well. I have a suggestion for anyone who can't get their cat to eat this product sprinkled over food (I'm with you on not wanting to shove what I call a "horse pill" down a cat's throat.

Purchase some Brewers yeast flakes, which are usually available at health food stores and some grocery stores. Mix the contents of one pill with an equal amount of the yeast flakes, then mix that with a little water until it forms the consistency of stiff dough. Make this into pea-sized amounts with your hands. I have never had a cat that would not go absolutely nuts over these little "treats." In fact, most of the cats I have given this to start to beg for it after a few days! It only takes a couple minutes each day to prepare.

Our vet even began using this to pill some cats!

You can make up three or so separate amounts and refrigerate them, but more than that and it will mold.

This product is worth trying this! Good luck.

My cat did not have an actual UTI, but she did have blood in her urine. I give her a capsule every other day which is reducing the inflammation in her bladder and all litterbox problems have been resolved. Can't live without it!

My 16 year old cat was almost immobile with arthritis in her back legs. My polished wood floors made it even harder for her. The vet suggested Cosequin and said he'd seen mixed results with it. It took several months, but Murphy is much improved now. I almost gave up after a couple months of Cosequin, but I'm glad I waited. Give the meds plenty of time to work.

I bought this at the suggestion of an animal communicator named Karen Anderson [...] that I spoke with about my cat Rex who I had to rush to the vet. He had crystals in his urine and I was so worried. I spoke to the vet and he also recommended Cosequin. I sprinkle 1 capsule on his food (I'm now feeding him EVO canned food) 2x's a day. I'm almost through the box and my cat is healthier and happier than ever. I highly recommend this product to anyone who has a can that has crystals in the urine.

One of our cats, only seven years old, began to develop a substantial limp in his right front leg. The vet diagnosed arthritis and prescribed Cosequin, which is primarily a combination of Glucosamine and Chondroitin. We've been giving it to our cat for the last half year, and his limp has almost entirely disappeared. Since it's rather unlikely that our cat is experiencing a placebo effect, I'm inclined to credit the Glucosamine and Chondroitin.

After experimenting with dosage, we've settled on three pills a day (the cat is 14.5 pounds), given in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Even if we forget one once in a while it's no big deal (it helps to have one of those daily pill cases to keep track). The cat has gotten very used to having a pill shoved down his throat. One person can lay him on his side, open his jaws, and poke the pill down with the other hand. It only takes a couple of seconds. Of course, your mileage may vary; some cats are terrible at taking pills.

Cosequin is available from many web sites all over the Internet, sometimes even with free shipping. But Amazon has a decent price. It's all the same brand.