Darkwater
Well-Known Member
Has anybody had any experience of using the anti inflammatory drug Rheumocam (meloxicam)?
I'm asking as my vet has just prescribed this to my pony mare who suffers from a TMJ (jaw) problem. She had the joint injected about 6/8 weeks ago and has been fine since on half a bute a day, however they seem to have worn off and although vets suggestion was to repeat them I cannot afford to keep having injections done especially if this is how long each time (and pony is not insured).
She seems to have gone downhill quite quickly so on vets suggestion I increased the bute back up to loading dose at the weekend, but as i've had to decrease it back down to 1 or 2 a day she is still not comfortable. I believe my vet is hoping therefore that the Rheumocam will get on top of the inflammation to then go back to maintainence level of bute. At least I hope so - the Rheumocam seems comparatively extremely expensive. I haven't had chance to sit down and compare price per mg/ml but my initial feeling is that I couldn't afford to have her on it long term on the prescribed dose.
If anybody has used it before/does use it - did you find it more effective than bute, and was it noticeably effective quite quickly? And did it work in the short term or did you have to use it continuously as is often done with bute? If using long term is it possible to decrease the dose when the full dose is not required? The main reason I ask this is that it is prescribed in an amount per kg of horse, and I thought it may not work at all if given under this amount?
I will be talking to my vet on monday to update as to whether the Rheumocam has proved more effective than bute or not, but in the mean time
any experiences at all would be gratefully received as I have no experience of this drug at all and can find very little on it from searches on here or online in general.
Thank you
I'm asking as my vet has just prescribed this to my pony mare who suffers from a TMJ (jaw) problem. She had the joint injected about 6/8 weeks ago and has been fine since on half a bute a day, however they seem to have worn off and although vets suggestion was to repeat them I cannot afford to keep having injections done especially if this is how long each time (and pony is not insured).
She seems to have gone downhill quite quickly so on vets suggestion I increased the bute back up to loading dose at the weekend, but as i've had to decrease it back down to 1 or 2 a day she is still not comfortable. I believe my vet is hoping therefore that the Rheumocam will get on top of the inflammation to then go back to maintainence level of bute. At least I hope so - the Rheumocam seems comparatively extremely expensive. I haven't had chance to sit down and compare price per mg/ml but my initial feeling is that I couldn't afford to have her on it long term on the prescribed dose.
If anybody has used it before/does use it - did you find it more effective than bute, and was it noticeably effective quite quickly? And did it work in the short term or did you have to use it continuously as is often done with bute? If using long term is it possible to decrease the dose when the full dose is not required? The main reason I ask this is that it is prescribed in an amount per kg of horse, and I thought it may not work at all if given under this amount?
I will be talking to my vet on monday to update as to whether the Rheumocam has proved more effective than bute or not, but in the mean time
any experiences at all would be gratefully received as I have no experience of this drug at all and can find very little on it from searches on here or online in general.
Thank you
