Hylox is not Phycox
November 21, 2010
I entered this in reply to someone else's question but thought it would be useful to post it as a separate review so it's easier for people to find this information:Phycox or Phycox JS appear to be the same product, but Hylox is a completely different product. For some bizarre reason apparently Amazon imported the reviews for Phycox to this new product called Hylox. Maybe they were confused? Amazon sells both Phycox and Hylox. You can read the list of ingredients for both these products at the seller's own website, entirelypets.com. It *appears* to me that they both use naturally-derived Cox-2 inhibitors. Phycox uses Phycocyanin, that they've altered in some way to make it proprietary so it's tradmarked, and Hylox uses Sodium Hyaluronate. Another product called Arthrisoothe Gold, uses Hyaluronic Acid; a friend of mine is using that product and says it's making a HUGE difference for her dog. I'm not sure how similar Hyaluronic Acid and Sodium Hyaluronate are but it seems from their names that they must be related. I have been using Phycox and do notice a significant difference in my dog, but was looking to see if Hylox or Arthrisoothe might work better or be a better deal. Note though, that in calculating value, you can't just compare directly on quantity because dosages are different. Hylox looks like a better deal on the surface than Phycox, but for my dog's weight range (61-100) the maintenance dose is twice as many Hylox chews (4 daily) than Phycox chews (2 daily). The Arthrisoothe Gold dose is a range of 1.5 to 2 chews daily). Good luck!
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