Sarcoids and Liverpool university cream

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Anyone got any experience of the treatment of sarcoids using the Liverpool University cream. I have just started treatment and was horrified to find out I can't ride for 4-6 weeks as one is close to her girth area. Any help would be appreciated
 
ive not used liverpool cream but do know about it, its good, and does work, (only on certain types of sarcoid) you have to make sure your pony does not lick it off (somhow - you never know! lol) and you should wear gloves when applying it, my lad had a sarcoid, bigger than a golf ball side of his nose- i had it removed under GA bout 2 years ago, it started to grown back until my farrier tied some of my boys tail round it and it dropped off- it was fantastic, i found fucidin H cream worked really well, also udder cream when he was out in field (rubbish rainy days).
sorry not really answered your question, but i know not many people have experience with sarcoids. good luck with it, let me know how u get on! x
 
only vets are allowed to apply this stuff - it's horrid! i used it on my boy's little sarcoid last year and it dropped off 3 months later, left a tiny scar, but pretty impressed really. luckily it was nowhere near tack so i could carry on riding.
 
my boys has just fallen off, the vet put rubber rings around it about a month ago and it has fallen off and just let a small sore which is healing nicely. looks clean and like they got the root but of course treatment depends on what kind of sarcoid your horse has as i believe there are something like 5 different types

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Liverpool cream is almost like a chemotherapy you apply to the sarcoid site. Very toxic so has to be applied by vet as star says. The treatment is usually 3 or 4 applications with about 4 days in between each one. Sunny had one on the side of his face, almost where his bridle went (which could have been significant in the development of a sarcoid!) so I didn't ride during the time he was having the cream applied, but after the final 4th application, I sewed a strip of sheepskin round the part of the bridle that might have rubbed. The cream worked a treat and you can't even see a mark where the sarcoid was. I don't think you can get away with a sheepskin girth sleeve to ride your ned in because of course the girth grips the horse's body tightly whereas the bridle may just have accidently snagged against the treated area.
 
My old horse had a sarcoid which was becoming ulcerated, our vet removed it using 3 applications of Liverpools Cream (base ingedient arsenic - hence why vets can only apply it). Following each application he was flinching/sensitive for a couple of hours as it was in his sheath region, about 3 mths later it had completely gone leaving just a very small scar and it never reappeared.
 
Same as wackyracer. I have used it very successfully and yes the vet let me apply my own under very strict instruction.

*prepares to get shot down by star again for saying this*
 
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Same as wackyracer. I have used it very successfully and yes the vet let me apply my own under very strict instruction.

*prepares to get shot down by star again for saying this*

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not shooting you down, but your vet deserves a severe slapped wrist. if derek keeps finding out vets are doing this he will withdraw the stuff. when i got mine it came with a very severe warning letter inside against giving it to owners to apply.
 
Pony up the yard had her treatment applied in Jan. She has one under the girth so cannot be ridden. It's been 8 weeks since the last treatment, she had 5 treatments, and it still hasn't fallen off. Very frustrating! Vet is coming out Mon to a different horse so gonna have him look at it.
 
Not just Star shooting you down, I'm afraid. This cream is only issued to vets on agreement that they will not allow anyone else to apply it- even wise & sensible ones. Your vet is in danger of a major telling off from Derek ( a very poor plan- he's a very useful man to have on side!) & he will refuse to supply any more cream.
 
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Pony up the yard had her treatment applied in Jan. She has one under the girth so cannot be ridden. It's been 8 weeks since the last treatment, she had 5 treatments, and it still hasn't fallen off. Very frustrating! Vet is coming out Mon to a different horse so gonna have him look at it.

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my pony's one took 3 months to fall off so i wouldn't panic just yet!
 
I'm glad you said that Star. My mare has just had a second batch of treatments as hers had not dropped off after 3 months (under saddle & girth, so no riding) & ias feeling a bit down about it. Hopefully this time they will be sorted.
 
My nag has had this treatment and i would recommend it. Takes a few weeks to work but does not leave much of a scar. Has to be applied by a vet as it contains some very heavy metals or something. Best thing i have ever seen on sarcoids. Downside very expensive.
 
Well Jazz has had her 4th treatment today and one has shrunk in size and is hardly seen. The other has expanded in size from under the skin, which unfortunately is the one which is preventing me from riding. I am working on lunge but also did a couple of minutes of bare back which was an experience. Will update you after the treatment.
 
My mare has been treated twice, once when she was 5 with just one. It was a success at the time, but the sarcoid returned a few years later and then she started to develop more. She was treated again when she was 11 (we tried various homeaopathic things in between), and it was a total failure, although we warned that it may not work given that they had come back. She is now fairly well covered on her face, armpits and teats area. She is effectively a worst case scenario and sadly if they spread much more on her face I will need to consider her quality of life going forward.
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I would stress though that of all the treatments this does seem to have the best track record but sadly with sarcoids nothing is a guarantee.
 
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