IRAP

[tillyd]

Hello
Does anyone have any experience of this? My vet has just come out today to reassess my horse with arthritis of coffin joints, and he has said when he comes back in 6 weeks time, that we could consider IRAP, rather than another injection of steroids into the joint. Does anyone know if it works? Or if he is getting excited over it cos it's new?!? thanks

 

[alicedove]

never heard of it?

 

[tillyd]

no neither had I!! Something to do with taking blood out, doing something to it, and then putting it back in again (probably a bit more to it than that but you get the idea!)

 

[merlinsquest]

I have had this process done on my horse last winter... If you do a search for Irap then you may pull up my old posts... if you cant find it then PM me and I will answer any questions you have to the best of my ability..... Its a bit long winded to go into tonight but I will be pleased to help

 

[tillyd]

thank you! have searched and found the info and also done a bit of searching on the net (though is a bit techy for me!). hope your horse is going well.

 

[Perissa]

My horse had this treatment in April this year. As far as we know he is still the only horse in the country to have had the treatment in the shoulder joint (so far). He had a lesion debrided from the deltoid cavity withint he joint.

It has been a resounding success