Sarcoid Salve - Anyone used this product??

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Hi,

My gelding has had Liverpool Cream treatment on Sarcoids on his; chest,sheath,upper hind leg,back of belly and between his front legs.

The treatment was successful on some of the sarcoids. The two flat ones on his chest completely disappeared after the first round of treatment at xmas of 2013. The others required up to four treatments, the last round was in October of last year (2014).

All seemed well after the last round of treatment, all of them went to the normal gooky,slightly smelly, mess and then healed up,dried out and peeled away. Untill this Saturday :(

I realised what had been a flat dry piece of skin between his legs had burst open and is all gooky and bloody. I've cleaned it all out and I've booked to have the vet out again.

Luckily for me, before my insurance claim ran out, I had purchased all the necessary strength Liverpool creams (there were three for his different areas) and my vet has stored them. So I won't have to spend another couple hundred quid on purchasing them! Obviously my Insurers have now made sarcoids exempt under my policy :(



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I don't really want to keep using the Liverpool cream as it is an uncomfortable and painful experience for my horse, I always have to give him bute while he's having treatement. I came across Sarcoid Salve via Google and the reviews all seem really good. The manufacturers claim a 100% success rate, which I'm dubious about!

Anyone has any experience of using this product?
Or any herbal products I could feed him to help boost his immune system maybe?

Any responses greatly received :)
 
Hi, I'm a vet student. I recently attended a lecture from Derek Knottenbelt who formulated Liverpool cream, so hopefully I can help a bit. He warned us to be dubious of the herbal products that claim extremely high success rates with little literature supporting them.

I know the Liverpool cream will be painful for your horse, but ultimately it's one of the treatments that is actually proven to be effective against certain classifications of sarcoids. If I were in your position I'd carry on with Liverpool cream as if you use something else that doesn't work well, you increase the chance of spread, and more sarcoids coming up. Sarcoids are a type of cancer, and need to be treated as such - better to use vigorous but proven methods to get rid of them as swiftly as possible.

Chat to your vet about it too if you're worried about it causing him pain.
 
Golden_Match_II said:
Hi, I'm a vet student. I recently attended a lecture from Derek Knottenbelt who formulated Liverpool cream, so hopefully I can help a bit. He warned us to be dubious of the herbal products that claim extremely high success rates with little literature supporting them.

I know the Liverpool cream will be painful for your horse, but ultimately it's one of the treatments that is actually proven to be effective against certain classifications of sarcoids. If I were in your position I'd carry on with Liverpool cream as if you use something else that doesn't work well, you increase the chance of spread, and more sarcoids coming up. Sarcoids are a type of cancer, and need to be treated as such - better to use vigorous but proven methods to get rid of them as swiftly as possible.

Chat to your vet about it too if you're worried about it causing him pain.
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Yeah, I'm dubious myself to be honest. Something that sounds too good to be true usually is!
I've got the vet coming out anyway so I'll have a chat with her about it.

Thanks
Steph
 
The cream burns the skin and causes it to become red and swell to two or three times the size the area normally would be. The cream comes in different strengths too depending on the sarcoid.

Mine had a really strong strength four time spaced every two days, on the sarcoid in his off fore armpit. He had to be sedated for the last covering of cream! he is then sore and grouchy for a good few weeks after. The swelling then goes down and a large chuck of flesh drops out and away along with some ooky looking puss. It stinks! very chemically!

So yeah, it goes from mild sunburn to proper burning pain for them, poor lad!
 
Minilin said:
The cream burns the skin and causes it to become red and swell to two or three times the size the area normally would be. The cream comes in different strengths too depending on the sarcoid.

Mine had a really strong strength four time spaced every two days, on the sarcoid in his off fore armpit. He had to be sedated for the last covering of cream! he is then sore and grouchy for a good few weeks after. The swelling then goes down and a large chuck of flesh drops out and away along with some ooky looking puss. It stinks! very chemically!

So yeah, it goes from mild sunburn to proper burning pain for them, poor lad!
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I have some lovely pictures!! :/
 
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