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a horse i have has just been diagnosed with arthritis he now needs 6 weeks box rest after treatment to his pasterns, altho this may not cure his lameness. what i am asking is if there is any supplements i can buy with are miracle cures??
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I know a lot of people have had good results with cortaflex and cortaflex HA. Expensive though
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A friend of mine adds aloe vera juice to the feed of her arthritic mare and that seems to make a difference x
 
Synaquin or Corsequin are probably the best suppliments to be using, both of which can be puchased with your insurance.

I would also speak to your vet about Adequan injections to see if they feel it may assist with the problem.

Was the diagnosis ringbone?
 
one of ours is currently at the vets being nerve blocked again for hock arthritis as he has gone lame on both back legs now. His initial treatment was steroids into the joint & a course of tildren. He is also given cortaflex HA which is more useful i think once they have the condition. I'm about to put my others on cortaflex as a precaution,not that it will stop them developing arthritis if they are going to.
 
he didnt say it was ringbone or anything like that, just said changes to bone etc, im not sure what they are injecting, it may be adequan injections that he is having, will check when i get there, how do i claim for these supplements through insurance??
 
My 18 year old mare is on blue chip dynamic for joints and it is brilliant. She is much stiffer when not on it, i have tried Coretaflex and Blue Chip Dynamic had much better results.

Each horse is different though so it might be trial and error.
 
My horse has ringbone in his fronts. It can affect all four legs.

I find with my boy, who apart from the ringbone has arthritis in both hocks and his near fore fetlock, as much turn out and exercise as possible helps. He is out 24/7 in the summer and in at night in the winter. He is hacked 5/6 days a week and when the ground conditions are good, loves to go for a good canter.

He is on a glucosamine supplement.
 
hmmm im so confused because thats what i thought that exercise is best thing to help, but he has prescribed 6 weeks box rest??
 
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BFG does the feed workout just as much per month as the cortaflex did??

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My mare is 16.2 IDxTB and she gets 3 mug fulls a day the bag last about 5 weeks and is £40.00 per bag but she then only gets a hand full of chaff.

Cortaflex is just short of £60.00 but lasts 3 months (once you are over the first 2 weeks)

So Blue chip works out about £8 per week and cortaflex works out about £5 per week but then you would need a course mix or nuts too.

Hope that helps.
 
My mare is also a lot better with work (hacking etc) and lots of turnout.

Not sure about the box rest, your vet must have a good reason but it would be the worst thing i could do for my mare.
 
oh and he has to have weekly injections of something, im so useless at asking questions always think about them after.
 
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so is it best to do as vet says and put him on box rest (this seemed to make him worse last time) or ???

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Speak to your vet and ask what injections he is having and why he is recommending box rest, your vet with have a good reason for it but you need to know what that is.

Maybe he doesn’t want any more use of the joint until the injections have started to work which is why he doesn’t want him charging around the field.

Talk to your vet!!!!
 
The weekly injections could be cartrophen. My mare had most of last year off with a ligament injury. When she came back into work, arthritis had started to take a hold in both front fetlocks. (Very mild, but as under insurance, we threw every treatment at her that we could). She had the injections once a week for 4 weeks i think, then one a month for 3 months.
 
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hmmm im so confused because thats what i thought that exercise is best thing to help, but he has prescribed 6 weeks box rest??

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Which is why I asked if it was ringbone - as often box rest is advised whilst the area is medicated.

You need to ask your vet exactly what the diagnosis is, and also find out what they're injecting. Tell him you'd like to get him on Synaquine asap so can he prescribe that as well, and that will just get added to your overall bill for the insurance company.
 
my horse has arthritis box rest is because the feet become inflamed my horse had five months of it and it did make him worse but they are hoping keeping them on box rest stops the inflamation i did have the all the injection it did no good but my horse was very lame best supplement to use for this is recovery eq go to their web site but this is not for the faint hearted as very expensive but it works my horse is know sound and in work he also had irap but this is for soft tissue injuries
 
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