Arthramid injections for stifles

[Goldenstar]

Any body used this ?
Last throw of the dice for my lovely Fatty it's pricey but he's just a epic horse .

 

[ycbm]

Sorry to hear that GS. I have no experience but I found a study that has had very good results up to two years:


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403890/

 

[fairhill]

My mare had it injected into her coffin joint last autumn. However subsequent MRI scans showed she had ddft damage rather than arthritis so I can't really comment on how well it worked!

The vet had had good results with it, which is why i decided to give it a shot, and his previous cases had all shown marked improvement within a couple of weeks.

Treatment itself was very straightforward. It took longer for the vet to attach the syringe since its licensed for human use rather than horses, than it did to carry out the injection. We kept the joint covered using pad and vet wrap for 24 hrs, and horse was kept in overnight then turned out as usual.

Steroids weren't an option for us, nor was surgery, so this was worth a shot for us.

 

[Goldenstar]

Sorry to hear that GS. I have no experience but I found a study that has had very good results up to two years:


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403890/

Thank you it's very kind of you to take the trouble

 

[Goldenstar]

My mare had it injected into her coffin joint last autumn. However subsequent MRI scans showed she had ddft damage rather than arthritis so I can't really comment on how well it worked!

The vet had had good results with it, which is why i decided to give it a shot, and his previous cases had all shown marked improvement within a couple of weeks.

Treatment itself was very straightforward. It took longer for the vet to attach the syringe since its licensed for human use rather than horses, than it did to carry out the injection. We kept the joint covered using pad and vet wrap for 24 hrs, and horse was kept in overnight then turned out as usual.

Steroids weren't an option for us, nor was surgery, so this was worth a shot for us.

Thank you I am sorry it was not a success for you .

 

[Frumpoon]

ive used it for fetlock arthritis but not much success, cartrophen remains my drug of choice for this particular horse

 

[Goldenstar]

ive used it for fetlock arthritis but not much success, cartrophen remains my drug of choice for this particular horse

Thank you for your reply he already has regular cartofen injections .

 

[Slightlyconfused]

My vet wants to use this in a few months after he is back in work from his suspensory branch rehab to treat arthritis in his fetlocks.
He said he has had a lot of success with it.

 

[Goldenstar]

I am very tempted to go for it .
The thing is he will need three doses at about £500 each as he's a big horse and theres three separate areas he wants to inject .
They are discussing dividing the doses to reduce the cost but if he needs three I think I would rather just pay for it .

 

[Puddleduck]

My Warmblood has had it in his hocks for DJD. It's early days as he's on rehab work following a torn DDFT and navicular changes in his front foot (he's another epic horse), the signs are good and my vet was very pleased at our review 2 weeks ago. He's a big mover and his hock action looks to have improved.
A friend has also had one of her dressage horse's treated with it for hock issues and is also pleased with the results so far.

 

[muckypony]

Again no first hand experience but my vet wants to use it in my little ones shoulder arthritis, he's had and heard of lots of success. I think in a year or two there'll be lots more cases, but as reports claim it can last 'years' I guess it should hopefully be a while until there are lots of success stories.

 

[dixie]

Just dragging this post up again to see if anyone had any further updates.
My boy is going to have this injection next week for his hind pastern joint & was trying to do some research.

 

[Goldenstar]

Did not work on Fatties stifle sadly, he’s no longer in work .
It was an expensive last throw of the dice .

 

[muckypony]

Did not work on Fatties stifle sadly, he’s no longer in work .
It was an expensive last throw of the dice .

May I ask how much roughly it was? Still an option for mine as steroids no longer working

A friend of mine had arthramid in her older horses knees and he is now back jumping etc.

 

[SEL]

Did not work on Fatties stifle sadly, he’s no longer in work .
It was an expensive last throw of the dice .

I'm sorry - I battle arthritis with both of mine and am about to start the treatment journey with the younger one. The older one is kept as a field pet on danilon and I dread the day I have to call time.

 

[dixie]

Did not work on Fatties stifle sadly, he’s no longer in work .
It was an expensive last throw of the dice .

Sorry to hear that but at least it was worth a try.
My boy’s having it next Thursday.
He was going to have Ethanol but before that he had a steroid injection which worked so well but only for 3months so vet wants to give Arthramid a try.

 

[Goldenstar]

May I ask how much roughly it was? Still an option for mine as steroids no longer working

A friend of mine had arthramid in her older horses knees and he is now back jumping etc.

It cost 1500for one stifle he’s a big horse and it took a lot of drug .

 

[CBAnglo]

Now I am dragging this thread back up to see if anyone has any further updates?

I was thinking of trying this on my pony who retired 10 yrs ago from OA in the upper hock. He’s happy in the field and can poodle round the block on one Danilon but if it could help him I’m willing to try but not if the side effects will harm him. He’s too precious to me

 

[dixie]

Never worked for mine sadly. He deteriorated so badly and quickly he was recently PTS. I allowed the vet to dissect him for interest (no cost) and he had other joints affected too that we didn't know about so he was severely compromised. It was very sad as he was a super horse.

 

[Goldenstar]

Well the news from Fatty is slightly better .
He’s sounder than he was and in great form , full of hell , we have started walking him led from another horse he very slightly swings the leg in trot .
My plan is to continue walking him unridden and see where we get too .

 

[CBAnglo]

Dixie: I’m So sorry to hear

GS: good news about Fatty!! Do you think the injections helped? And how long did you wait to see an improvement?

I am still researching this as I would rather do nothing than hurt him as he is happy enough being a lawn mower and he is so precious to me x

 

[Rigglesbum]

Sorry to hear that but at least it was worth a try.
My boys having it next Thursday.
He was going to have Ethanol but before that he had a steroid injection which worked so well but only for 3months so vet wants to give Arthramid a try.

I know this is a few years ago, but can you tell me how you got on with the Arthramid? I am in the same position you were , do I do the Hock fusion or try the Arthramid? I am aware that hock fusion may not work, whereas Arthramid looks to be fairly successful but not a long term solution..(2 years).. I am hoping to able to make an educated decision about this..

 

[KEK]

I would try the athramid before a major surgery. I recently put it into my dogs hock(OCD), it helped, she is sound for a pet, but not for agility.

 

[SEL]

I did the gel in hocks back in Feb and wish I'd done it earlier. It takes a while for the full effects to show but it's been a game changer

 

[dixie]

The Arthramid didn’t work for my horse but nothing did in the end. His problem wasn’t in his hocks tho but his hind Pastern.

 

[Birker2020]

Dragging up this old post as my vet has today seen my horse and suggested what i believe is this (he referred to it as Aquagel) for coffin joint.

Any recent sucess/failure stories very welcome. At £300 a shot I'd like to think it might make a difference but could do with more info. TIA. Will read replies if any tomz. Shattered and my bed is calling to me. ?

 

[Goldenstar]

I would go for it .
While Fatty did not come sound enough to do his day job Which was hunting carrying a bloke he is still with us and As naughty and characterful as ever .
however since them I have used it on hocks ( another horse ) and we had a great result really impressive .

 

[Tiddlypom]

Yes, good results with arthramed in hocks (two horses) and front coffins (one horse).

 

[Birker2020]

Great,thank you so very much.

 

[SEL]

The horse I posted about has self harmed in other areas - but her hocks are still great. I'd do it again.