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Has anyone used the drug Tildren for their horse or have any information on it as i can find little on the web. Have a horse who is recovering from a collateral ligament injury but the mri scan showed signal density around the navicular bone and our vet is thinking this may be involved and we are at the moment discussing if Tildren would benefit.
 
One of my boys had tildren treatment just over 2 years ago and has been sound till recently - I do keep him to soft ground only though so think this may have helped. He has only just started getting a bit pottery the last few weeks, and the vet not overly concerned just to keep an eye and give him Danalon if needed. To be honest think I might try no bute first.

Anyhow I know another horse on our yard has also had the same treatment but he's had to have it twice in 2 years - so I think it just depends, but I'm really glad I had it done as 2 years of him pain free with no drugs is defo worth the money
 
Thanks for replying what kind of cost was involved two years ago. My vet thinks if the Tildren is a success it should allow her to go back to competing. What kind of work is your horse doing now ?
 
If I remember rightly it was about £1100 (and not covered on the insurance due to previous claim for something else
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) so it was expensive but worth it - not sure OH would agree though
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It possibly could have come down in price as you hear about it much more now??

As to what I do with him not much anymore Hacking and RC if on soft ground - but thats not due to not being sound. He has 20% scar tissue on his lungs which flares up just at the time he's fit enough to do anything!

But I would say as long as the ground is right there is no reason why I wouldn;t compete if he could breathe!
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I haven't used it (yet) but think it's about £400 per treatment, with variable results. Without wanting to sound like a vet (which I definitely am not!), bear in mind that many, if not most, mris show some form of remodelling of the navicular bone so you and your vet should try to establish whether those changes are the cause of any lameness before going down that route. Tildren is also known to cause colic in some horses.

Good luck.
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My horse had 3 treatments for kissing spine, which were unsuccesful. The drug was about £250 per treatment, with surgery time on top (it was admistered by drip at the hospital). He was kept for a few hours for observation after the first treatment, because, as mentioned, it can cause colic. If they don't colic after the first treatment they are apparently unlikely to do so after subsequent ones, so he went straight home after the 2nd and 3rd ones.
 
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