Tilldren injections-outcome?

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Just interested to hear how people got on with Tildren injections?
My lad had one for a suspensory injury, he had one dose, no adverse reaction but was also on rest for a short period.
 
A friend's 'teenaged' event horse had tildren injections, and is a completely new horse. Jumping out of his skin at about 1.15 level, and acting like a youngster.

He presented with loss of performance, shortened strides, refusing etc.

Are you doing a uni project
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Fiona
 
Nope, just wanted to see whether it actually worked/where it had gone because at the time I had it done, it was the bees knees, on here as well as at the vets, now don't hear it offered so much? And I know there was concern over heart attacks as well.
did your friends have it just to see if it solved the problem? (that was partly our theory!)
 
God knows why you were offered it for a suspensory, Tildren is involved in bone-remodelling and most common uses are in navicular, hock spavin and sometimes kissing spines.
 
www.georgevetgroup.co.uk/equine/TILDRENfactsheet.pdf

Please read the following link for more info re: Tildren. My horse had Tildren in about January this year following diagnosis of mild bone spavin. In actual fact he has a top up due next week. He has second degree heart block which is a kind of cariac arrythmia and was fine, he also suffers from recurring spasmodic colic and he didn't colic after. Its important the infusion is done slowly - my vet did it over 45/50 mins. Definite improvement in horse more noticeable about a fortnight following infusion. Horse is now doing pleasure rides, jumping grids at home, competing up to elementary unaff dressage and galloping over fields whilst turned out with no sign of discomfort. He was diagnosed with mild bone spavin following examination, flexion tests, lameness work up, ultrasound and radiography. His was classed as bilateral osteoarthritis of the small hock joints. The vet prescribed controlled exercise, intra aricular medication, tildren and a seven week (one injection per week) course of adequan which my friend injected for me. Pls PM me for more info. x
 
I have a mare who was diagnosed with Navicular syndrome in autumn 2008, she had Tildrun and was later re-scanned at AHT early last year. Unfortunately it hadn't made much difference, and although there was some slight improvement to the soft tissue (around the Navicular bone) She was doing endurance but I have had to retire her.
 
It was either that or retire him, so last resort really. He had (looking back in hindsight) been getting more uncomfortable for about 18 months.

He has had a slight change in shoeing as well but nothing major, and is jumping (on grass as well as surface) like a 5yo.

Total 100% unqualified success.

Fiona
 
I agree Tildren hasn't been promoted for ligament trouble : I understood it was dervived from treating bone cancer in America, in people. My own experience is pos : 7 yr old diagnosed with early navicular, and MRI scanned at Bell Equine by Tim Mair. Recommended for tildren. Has it every 6 months, plus monthly Cartrophen (bute) injections, plus fronts shod with pads (occasionally bars to allow horn to take the weight). This started July 2007, and since then he has remained 100%, does 2hrs a day easily, and has never run out or refused. Always stays o'night at vets for T, but never colic as too busy eating or charming the staff. I believe T is not the answer for every one of the 11 forms of Nav but in my /his case, yes it does. Price seems to have risen in 2 years, but then... Hope this helps.
 
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