Adequan injections

[digger2]

Anyone any experience of how quickly they will start to make a difference? Thanks

 

[Silgram]

Eddy had a course of adequan injections a few years ago. He had a course of three injectoins over three weeks. By the third injection he was sound. I started using cortaflex a week after the last injection and havent had a proplem since.

 

[K27]

My horse had a couple of Adequan joint injections over 2-3 weeks - took a few days to notice the difference and I walked him gently in hand/ rode for 5-10 mins to get the Adequan into the joint at first.

We gradually have built the work back up over the last 5 months- he's in full work and going better than ever- although the Adequan has no pain killer as such, it really has helped my horse- I didn't feed joint supplement for a while though just so I could see whether the Adequan was or was not working.

Gd luck-

 

[Scarlett1980]

Not sure but I went to a conference held by WALTHAM and they had a speaker called Wayne MacIlwaith or something. He did a talk on neutracuticles and adequan. Perhaps you could ring them and get the papers?

 

[aran]

Prof Wayne McIlwraith is one of the top equine orthopaedic vets in the USA - and world recognised as one of the top equine osteoarthritis experts. I think he does a lot of lectures on behalf of Adequan - I think they sponsor some of his work.

Digger - your vet should have explained how long before you should see an effect. However, it does vary between horses and for some it only makes a small difference or the change only lasts a short time - it depends on the horse, the joint and the degree of damage.

 

[tillyd]

my horse has been recommended Adequan (as well as corticsteriods) for arthritis of coffin joints. I'm going to ring vets for info (including cost!) tomorrow, so will let you know if I find out more.
ps nice to hear stories of horses that have had Adequan and are going well