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Location: Missouri | What is everbodys preference adequan or pentosan glucosamine? I dont know anything about the pentosan but have used adequan before on my now retired gelding and saw results with it. I now have a 8 year old mare that had to have hock injections and long story short ended up with a collapsed hock and severe arthritis. She is back to work now and i have been running her again and with fingers crossed she has been doing great! Vet recommended for me to get her on adequan due to her having so much going on and only 8 but since adequan is still in short supply and i cant seem to find anyone the has it so i am exploring my options. I tried the ichon but really saw no big difference in her. Just want to keep her comfortable so she can perform her best for me with this upcoming season. Any experience with any of these products? What works best for your athlete? Any help on this would be appreciated! Thanks! |
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| Adequan has been in short supply as of late. I've never used Pentosan; however it is manufactured in pharmacies, whereas Adequan is not. I've seen results with Adequan so I am sticking with that - I keep all of my barrel horses on it |
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Location: Missouri | yes thats more what i was leaning towards doing just sticking with the adequan but just thought i would explore my options, see whats out there! thanks  |
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| Polyglycan!!! Cheaper than adequan and I have seen better results. |
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Location: Missouri | Again something i have never heard of! Would this help her arthritis like adequan does? and all joints? sorry just dont know much about this any info on any of these would help....thanks!!!!! |
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| Adequan all the way! I had my arthritic gelding on it and when there was a shortage had to switch to other alternatives (polyglycan, pentosan ect), and I noticed he would come up sore after a ride or run where as on adequan he never came up sore. |
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| I used adequan and love it. But with it being hard to get since they have FDA problems I tried pentosan and saw no results. I am going to try polyglycan and see if that makes a difference. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | RoadToVegas - 2014-03-03 6:55 PM Polyglycan!!! Cheaper than adequan and I have seen better results.
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I use Pentosan and see good results. Have never used Adequan. |
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Location: Missouri | BUMP!! keep it coming guys you have been a lot of help still not sure about the pentosan and is the polygolton (i know i spelled that wrong...sorry) a IM shot like adequan? a once a month thing? |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Polyglycan, been a gold mine find for me, much cheaper than adequan. However, my vet warned me it may not work on all horses. It works great on mine, it covers all joints. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | barrel_racer10 - 2014-03-04 8:50 PM
BUMP!! keep it coming guys you have been a lot of help still not sure about the pentosan and is the polygolton (i know i spelled that wrong...sorry) a IM shot like adequan? a once a month thing?
I give Pentosan IM
You start giving it once a week for 4 weeks (loading dose), or you can give it like the adequan loading dose which a bit more frequent (I think). I did option 1.
After that, I am giving it once a month or more frequently if needed. If he is sore, I will give it every other week or even once a week until it has alleviated symptoms.
I can tell when my horse is hock sore and needs something. He is hesitant to pick up his back feet for me to clean them, pulls his foot away, or feels stiff when I pick up his hind leg, etc. After the loading dose, that stiffness was completely gone. He felt loose and comfortable picking up those back feet all winter long.
I am not thinking it will replace injecting him AI when I'm running him, but I was having to inject him every 3-4 months last year while I was hauling and I would like to extend the time in between those hock injections.
We shall see how it goes this year. I started this after I stopped running him last year, so I'm not sure how much it will help when I'm hauling. When he started to get sore this winter, and I wasn't hauling, I did use the Pentosan in place of injecting him and it worked well, but he also wasn't doing more than light riding every once in a great while. |
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Location: North Dakota | barrelracr131 - 2014-03-05 8:50 AM barrel_racer10 - 2014-03-04 8:50 PM BUMP!! keep it coming guys you have been a lot of help still not sure about the pentosan and is the polygolton (i know i spelled that wrong...sorry) a IM shot like adequan? a once a month thing? I give Pentosan IM You start giving it once a week for 4 weeks (loading dose ), or you can give it like the adequan loading dose which a bit more frequent (I think ). I did option 1. After that, I am giving it once a month or more frequently if needed. If he is sore, I will give it every other week or even once a week until it has alleviated symptoms. I can tell when my horse is hock sore and needs something. He is hesitant to pick up his back feet for me to clean them, pulls his foot away, or feels stiff when I pick up his hind leg, etc. After the loading dose, that stiffness was completely gone. He felt loose and comfortable picking up those back feet all winter long. I am not thinking it will replace injecting him AI when I'm running him, but I was having to inject him every 3-4 months last year while I was hauling and I would like to extend the time in between those hock injections. We shall see how it goes this year. I started this after I stopped running him last year, so I'm not sure how much it will help when I'm hauling. When he started to get sore this winter, and I wasn't hauling, I did use the Pentosan in place of injecting him and it worked well, but he also wasn't doing more than light riding every once in a great while.
agree to all of the above, but I want to add, that pentosan is supposed to help reduce arthritis or actually wash the joints of arthritis. I had my gelding injected last february, had a script for pentosan (btw vet recommended legend or adequan for maintenance and hock injections at least every 6 months) I asked to try the pentosan which he hasn't dealt with very much. I gave the loading dose and monthly doses of the pentosan and I have not had to inject his hocks since, he fired great, his anxiety at the gate is gone. I'm interested to see how he legs up this spring and works but have kept him on the pentosan year round. Have a neighbor that tried it on her terribly gate sour mare and she was a rock star all summer. I'm sold. It's reasonable too and I'm all about cheap. The vet needs to write a script and you can order it through wedgewood pharmacy. About $10 a dose. (I am definitely a non believer in a lot of this stuff and I will never go without it again) |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | LMS - 2014-03-05 9:02 AM
barrelracr131 - 2014-03-05 8:50 AM barrel_racer10 - 2014-03-04 8:50 PM BUMP!! keep it coming guys you have been a lot of help still not sure about the pentosan and is the polygolton (i know i spelled that wrong...sorry) a IM shot like adequan? a once a month thing? I give Pentosan IM You start giving it once a week for 4 weeks (loading dose ), or you can give it like the adequan loading dose which a bit more frequent (I think ). I did option 1. After that, I am giving it once a month or more frequently if needed. If he is sore, I will give it every other week or even once a week until it has alleviated symptoms. I can tell when my horse is hock sore and needs something. He is hesitant to pick up his back feet for me to clean them, pulls his foot away, or feels stiff when I pick up his hind leg, etc. After the loading dose, that stiffness was completely gone. He felt loose and comfortable picking up those back feet all winter long. I am not thinking it will replace injecting him AI when I'm running him, but I was having to inject him every 3-4 months last year while I was hauling and I would like to extend the time in between those hock injections. We shall see how it goes this year. I started this after I stopped running him last year, so I'm not sure how much it will help when I'm hauling. When he started to get sore this winter, and I wasn't hauling, I did use the Pentosan in place of injecting him and it worked well, but he also wasn't doing more than light riding every once in a great while.
DANG! Well here's to hoping I don't have to do hock injections this year! I'm sending my vet an email to order more right now! LOL |
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Location: TN | I have used Pentosan for a few years and really think its been one of the best choices I have made. Thinking DVM's won't like it. (i don't see mine as much now.) |
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