Anyone used Splintex Gold?

[zoeshiloh]

I have tried everything else I can think of! DMSO, cold hosing, magnet boots etc etc. Horse has never been lame on splint, but I would like to show him in the future. I have read rave reviews about this stuff, and my vet thinks it will do the trick but just wondered if anyone has first hand experience?

 

[vhf]

Used it, the splint did reduce, but it didn't go and it would have reduced somewhat anyway, so...
To be honest, the magnet wrap I used first seemed to have more impact, but maybe it was reducing faster by itself at that stage! It was a particularly spectacular splint initially, just a normal obvious one after 6 months intensive "work" on my part. (Vet advice was to accept and ignore it as horse wasn't lame and wasn't really a show horse.)

 

[zoeshiloh]

Thanks for that. Splint sits just below the knee. He is in magnetic boots every day, alternated with cold hosing and using DMSO but its not seeming to make a difference. Someone suggested that ultrasound can reduce splint size, and the vet has even said it is possible to operate and remove them now too. I don't really want to go down that route though...

 

[vhf]

I have heard the ops can be very successful, wasn't a consideration for me as horse was really an eventer. I vaguely remember that you got "DMSO" and "DMSO with something in it" (that you can't get any more) and you needed (controversially) the "something" for it to be effective.
I gave the rest of my splintex bottle to sister with a showing horse with a splint-like lump, but I don't remember now how much success she had with it.
Good luck!

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

splintex works well. dont know if it was gold!! can cause a blister reaction. Radiol bone linement works well too. but most splints reabsorb and reduce in 6 to 12 months anyhow so it a bit of a chicken and egg situation. (no maybe a half in head and sh9ulders and the other half not?) it will take your nail varnish off tho!!!