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| I would like to hear from anyone who has their horse on Osphos. What is the issue, how long have you been giving it, how many shots, how long they lasted, effectiveness of each one, overall results, etc. |
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| ImaSparkyAce - 2016-07-27 9:30 AM
I would like to hear from anyone who has their horse on Osphos. What is the issue, how long have you been giving it, how many shots, how long they lasted, effectiveness of each one, overall results, etc.
Mine is 15 years old, severe navicular, keeping him in PLR shoes with pads. I am trying to keep him comfortable and only run him at big shows, not waste him.
He is on his 2nd round of Osphos, got first shot Oct 23rd (with coffin injections) and he didnt come up sore until June, had his 2nd round June 10th (with coffin injections again).
With 1st round I didnt see results until middle of November (3-4) weeks after injection.
2nd round he was sound in 3-4 days, and is 100% right now.
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| 12 year old gelding with broken navicular bone, hock injections and coffin joint RF previcox daily. Used Osphos first time in ten 2015. Sound 2 weeks later. Maintained soundness for 13 months wih zero injections and no previcox. Continued to be sound for 13 months. Gave second dose March 2016 and was sound again 30 days later and still staying that way. |
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Location: SW MO | 10 year old gelding. first osphos injection Jan 2016. still sound. slight navicular change. |
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Location: Texas | mines a 13YO mare with arthritis and blocks to a PD with no bony changes on radiographs. two months out of her first shot and she was less lame on the front end last vet exam. also did some changes to how she is stalled so it may also be from that as well. |
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| 22 year old. almost zero cartledge in left Hock. 1st round of Osphos was given with little improvement but not enough for him to be able to compete, we gave 2nd round given 6 months later. After the 2nd round, we didn't notice any change until about 3 weeks after the 2nd round. Today, he seems to be almost 100%, we are going to go for a round 3 and try to start legging him up and see how it works. He hasn't run barrels for poles in a year. We are hopeful, because at the ripe age of 22, that sucker can still clock with the best of them. I know many people who are having excellent results and are going the OsPhos route instead of injecting. |
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Location: IL | I have given 2 rounds of Osphos for fusing hocks. I did notice an improvement, but he still needed injections. After I legged him up and ran him a couple times, I could tell he was still sore. |
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| I gave my first shot 2.5 Weeks ago. My vet said I'd start noticing a difference around 2-3 weeks. Let me tell you, nothing and I mean nothing has worked as well as this. I have a mare with an arthritic knee and it's made a night and day difference!! Definitely worth the $$ |
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| Not to steal the thread but I'm curious what are y'all paying for your treatments? |
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| The1CowgirlsEnvy - 2016-08-02 7:13 PM
Not to steal the thread but I'm curious what are y'all paying for your treatments?
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| The1CowgirlsEnvy - 2016-08-02 9:13 PM
Not to steal the thread but I'm curious what are y'all paying for your treatments?
$270 |
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| I think it's right around $300 here |
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| 7 Year old mare. Lame in the front left foot. Several different x-rays ruled out navicular and ringbone. Tried corrective shoeing with no improvement. Had coffin joint injected, tiny slight improvement but still lame. We are 2 weeks and 2 days from 1st Osphos treatment. Also started previcox. She was reshod yesterday with pads and PLR shoes. Seems to be moving better today but but still has a slight limp. Vet thinks a pulled or torn tendon, but 3 vets later and still not able to give an exact diagnosis. Hoping another week or so and will notice more improvement! The shot was $375
Edited by PalominoLuvr2241 2016-08-04 10:08 AM
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| I went through this similar situation with my mare except no OsPhos (it wasn't out yet) she ended up having a torn medial collateral ligament, she was really only lame in a circle. We found it on ultrasound but sometimes you have to get an MRI to see it...she had to wear a special shoe and we didi shockwave treatments and she healed up great. |
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| Has anyone used OsPhos for Ringbone? |
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| 16 year old, arthritic knee with a small chip and bone spurs. Gave it 3mo ago and still running strong and feels great. |
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Location: So. Cali. | I am a recent user. I gave it to my mare Sept. 7th. She is a 12yr old mare with a number of issues, but none that were ever a 'defiant' answer as to why she had soundness issues. After 2yrs off I hauled her into the vet and several xrays later he recommended Osphos. I have friends who have used it with good success so I figured I have nothing to loose. We ran at a two day race this passed weekend and a jackpoth the weekend prior to it. So far she is sound and running without pads (always had to have pads of some sort). Very excited to see if this will help get another season or two out of her without any further damaging effects.  |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | We have tried it on my filly. She got it Sept 29th. I will be honest that I was hesitant to try it based on some things I have heard side effects wise in people. But we were starting to run out of options for her. My trainer and vet say there is an initial two week analgesic effect (which she is still under). Currently my trainer says she feels great and lets just say she has been extremely sore. The real action of the drug should be starting about now and some of the analgesia backing off. We are expecting her to be slightly more sore as this happens but hope that as the drug itself really kicks in she will continue to feel much better than she did, even if not quite as good as she has been the last week or so. She has still been ridden but I am hoping this can get her to be able to compete. Fingers crossed and I will report back once we know more. She also is in PLR shoes from a laminitic episode. We are doing it mostly for hocks though.
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Location: Texas! | My horse got a dose two weeks ago but we also did it the day we picked him up from having kissing spine surgery bc he had been slightly off in the front right so figured it'd be worth a try while he has some time off and didn't want him coming back from KS and having to then deal with another issue. |
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| Funny this is up ... my vet was just talking about this!
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| My vet and I are talking about trying this on my mare with sevear ring bone. I'm hopig that it will make her comfortable again but at this point I don't have high hopes for that. I figure it's worth a try. |
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| Gunnin to Play - 2016-10-14 1:36 PM
My vet and I are talking about trying this on my mare with sevear ring bone. I'm hopig that it will make her comfortable again but at this point I don't have high hopes for that. I figure it's worth a try.
Anxious to hear your results. My vet said he initially didn't think it would work but is seeing some great results. |
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| Someone mentioned possible bad side effects....anyone know what those might be?
Just had a vet yesterday suggest this as a possible thing to try on my 5 yr old that has been lame on and off since he was 2, due to an undetermined back issue. Chiropractic adjustment helps but only short term. Shock wave gave us a bit more time before his pain returned. This is something to try since xrays and body scan are unlikely to tell us exactly what is wrong and since he had tried to kick hubby in the face a myelogram or MRI are out of the question. |
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Location: So. Cali. | rodeoveteran - 2016-10-14 1:11 PM Someone mentioned possible bad side effects....anyone know what those might be? Just had a vet yesterday suggest this as a possible thing to try on my 5 yr old that has been lame on and off since he was 2, due to an undetermined back issue. Chiropractic adjustment helps but only short term. Shock wave gave us a bit more time before his pain returned. This is something to try since xrays and body scan are unlikely to tell us exactly what is wrong and since he had tried to kick hubby in the face a myelogram or MRI are out of the question.
The only one I've heard/ read about is colicy symptoms following the shots being given. After speaking to two vets one said he'd just give banamine pre shots as a precaution, the other says to walk the horse immediately after for a while. I did both and had no issues. |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | My mare had some coffin bone damage (the vet believes concussive forces that caused the coffin bones in both front feet to look on x-ray almost exactly like a person with osteoporosis bones would look on x-ray)that was causing front foot soreness. Had our first os-phos dose in March. Was about 60% better within six weeks. Did a 2nd dose in June and she was about 90% better by August. I did a manufacturers recommended dose of adequan in August and honestly she feels better now than she has in over a year. I feel like I have her issues under control right now. |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | I did read an article that claims os-phos will have long term effects on any foal a mare who has had it carries. Let me see if I can find it. |
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Location: Texas | What are the side effects? Are you trying Os Phos because injections aren't working and/or having to inject too frequently? |
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| rodeoveteran - 2016-10-14 1:11 PM
Someone mentioned possible bad side effects....anyone know what those might be?
Just had a vet yesterday suggest this as a possible thing to try on my 5 yr old that has been lame on and off since he was 2, due to an undetermined back issue. Chiropractic adjustment helps but only short term. Shock wave gave us a bit more time before his pain returned. This is something to try since xrays and body scan are unlikely to tell us exactly what is wrong and since he had tried to kick hubby in the face a myelogram or MRI are out of the question.
The biggest risk is bone fracture like what happened with women when they took the same drug. It was so bad it is no longer available for human use. |
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| azsun - 2016-10-14 1:24 PM Gunnin to Play - 2016-10-14 1:36 PM My vet and I are talking about trying this on my mare with sevear ring bone. I'm hopig that it will make her comfortable again but at this point I don't have high hopes for that. I figure it's worth a try. Anxious to hear your results. My vet said he initially didn't think it would work but is seeing some great results.
Mine said its about 50/50 that we will see results. This is a last-ditch attempt to help her be comfortable. Unfortunately, she might be at the end of her treatment options. :( |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | rodeoveteran - 2016-10-14 3:11 PM
Someone mentioned possible bad side effects....anyone know what those might be?
Just had a vet yesterday suggest this as a possible thing to try on my 5 yr old that has been lame on and off since he was 2, due to an undetermined back issue. Chiropractic adjustment helps but only short term. Shock wave gave us a bit more time before his pain returned. This is something to try since xrays and body scan are unlikely to tell us exactly what is wrong and since he had tried to kick hubby in the face a myelogram or MRI are out of the question.
This is a drug that was given for osteoporosis in people for a while. It raised risk of fractures for older women (60 plus) who took it for over 3 years. It also had a pretty significant risk of mandibular necrosis (i.e. jaw rotting/infection). Will these effects exist in horses too? No idea. It has not been around long enough to know. This is also an aged class of patients for people, not younger ones. And horses chemistry is different. And yes short term, some potential colic has been reported in studies.
We decided to give it to one of ours. Currently she feels great on it. Hopefully it will last. It is NOT something I would want to use over and over long term. |
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