using Tildren to treat arthritis

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Does anyone have any experience with this? Namely;

1) Does it work?!

2) What are the costs involved?

3) How are the treatments administered?

4) How high is the risk of colic?

5) Is it a worthwhile investment or does it run out quite quickly?


Any feedback welcomed, thank you!
 
My horse had severe arthritis down her spine and neck about 15 hotspots to put into perspective on a bone scan. She was bucking like mad when ridden for fifteen minutes then settled.

Tilden was the only option from the equine hospital and my vet and she has now had three doses. The main reason being it helps the arthritic process speed up and then the inflammation settles and the horse is more comfy.

I believe they are around £650 a treatment. My horse had them at our yard through a drip took about fifteen minutes. She went out at night as normal after each one and worked immediately afterwards. They usually give buscopan prior to Tilden to minimise the risk of colic and think nowadays the risk is very small. Whereas when it was first used the risks were much bigger.

My horse is happy again comfy in her back and neck. The Tilden in my opinion definitely worked but not exclusively. It was mixed with a physiotherapy programme as well as danilon. I also work he regularly in the Pessoa. She will not have any more Tilden now for this case but I'd definitely use it again in the future. The last time was three months ago and she had six months in between the last two. I can honestly say there was No deteriotion in her condition between the Tilden so I don't think it wore off quickly x
 
My mare has had this treatment twice now;

1) Does it work?! - hard to say, she was only 1/10 lame on a tight concrete circle, otherwise not noticeably lame, x-rays indicated arthritic changes hence treatment. Over the past 18 months she has not got any worse, so maybe it has been effective

2) What are the costs involved? £600 ish per treatment

3) How are the treatments administered? IV drip at vets

4) How high is the risk of colic? Treatment is administered slowly to avoid risk of colic

5) Is it a worthwhile investment or does it run out quite quickly? Hard to say (see above)

First treatment was covered under insurance, 2nd treatment not as it was more than a year since diagnosis. She's 21 now, so don't know if I would treat again this way, depends on if she deteriorates I guess.
 
1) Does it work?!
Delicia was treated 5 weeks ago with Tildren for boney changes in her spine, SI joint, pastern and fetlock. So far she is sound and comfortable, very positive steps.

2) What are the costs involved?

Massive unfortunately. Most of the cost was the diagnostic work but i have spent over £5,000 now (mind oyu this is her total cover, its £800 per iv @ our vets)

3) How are the treatments administered?

IV only i think, delicia was IV

4) How high is the risk of colic?

Dee was fine with the tildren, but i treated her pre-emptively with colligone just in case afterwards

5) Is it a worthwhile investment or does it run out quite quickly?

Its not a quick fix. It is part of a treatment and management plan. All going well Delicia will have her second course soon. However its a lot of consistent work to maintain and help improve her. Arthritis is about management, you will not cure it.
 
My horse had it at the end of September, she has ringbone, side bones, and DJD in rf and slight navicular changes in lf. Cost as said above is around £600.
My mare was given it as she was an ideal candidate after being treated from January for her various problems, she was lame but slightly short and I had the insurance to do it so it was a no brainer as it would help with all of her problems.
It is administered through IV at the vets and I worked my mare the next day under vets orders. No issues with colic with my horse, she was given something (can't remember what) to help prevent this.
I can safely say I think it has made a huge difference! She is 100% sound, extremely happy and comfortable but this is also due to the management as well as the Tildren.
She was always a bit of a plod, but nowadays we even have the odd exciteable buck and she is lovely and forward! We even have our first dressage comp Sunday, when first diagnosed vet said she would more than likely be a field ornament if not a very light ride :)
 
My cob has had it twice for bone spavin, in April this year and sept last year. He is now sound, before he had it he was very lame and struggling to weight bear, cost around £600 all together but insurance paid for it, he had no issues with colic either time
 
One of my mares has had it, for lameness on off-fore, which we thought was Sidebone related.

It was done three weeks ago today. So far no improvement.

I think it cost >£400. It's in amongst the rest of the costs/investigation work. Covered by insurance.

Administered by IV, which I think took about 1.5 hours. She was given another drug to counteract potential colic.
 
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