CARPROFEN

[fuzzyp]

Anyone used this with success? My horse has to have weekly injections for 4 wks 6 months apart - he has arthritic changes in pastern, coffin and navicular

is sound at the moment but apparently this will help? Thanks

 

[woolly]

It's Cartrophen. We had it used on our giant breed dog 4 injections, once weekly and saw good resuls within4-6 weeks.
Here you go this might help...A little heavy but understandable.
http://www.arthritis.au.com/htm/home.htm

 

[Bossanova]

There is a drug called carprofen but I'd have thought for arthritis it'd be cartrophen you're using?

If so, it can be relatively sucessful but I've heard of cases where it hasnt helped much

 

[star]

carprofen is Rimadyl which is used in dogs and cats as an anti-inflammatory and painkiller. it's not used in horses. Suspect like the others you're talking about Cartrophen. My horse had it last year for his dodgy annular ligaments, but it didn't help, although cant say I expected it to - it's better for arthritis and we use it successfully in dogs.

 

[cyearsley]

My horse had this for 4 weeks when he did his deep digital flexor tendon, we administered them at the yard ourselves in the end, my friend is a GP which was a great help! The vet said that there had been great success on dogs and that the are now using it with success on horses though not sure if this is yet proved. Very expensive but insurance covered the costs and was desperate for anything that might help. My horse is now back in work, think this was the whole combination of the treatment but my vet doesn't normally advocate anything he truly doesn't believe in so went with his advice.

 

[Persephone]

My mare Sandy had Cartrophen monthly. I'm not sure that it made that much difference to her arthritis to tell the truth.

 

[RachelB]

My story is very similar to CLY's - my horse tore her DDFT and had degenerated cartilage on her pedal bone diagnosed in May. My vet was very keen to give my horse Cartrophen in the hope that it may help, apparently she's had a lot of success with it in horses she's treated (although it's not yet liscenced for use in horses apparently). I won't know until April if it's worked (well I won't ever know really, but it was worth my insurance company's money to give it "in the hope" that it would help!) but so far Maiden if field sound, which is more than I had hoped for at this stage. I wouldn't have forgiven myself if she hadn't had the injections and she wouldn't have come sound - I would always be wondering whether, had she had the injections, she would have been fine!
So bit of a dodgy one - it may help, it may not, but it was worth it for me! About £60 a pop I think mine were, four injections.

 

[fuzzyp]

sorry, being blonde...yes i meant Cartrophen

thanks