My arthritic cat has a totally new lease on life with Solensia. I know it was just approved in dogs (Librela.) Does anyone know if there has been any talk of adapting it and marketing it for horses?
I know nothing but just read a bit and the concept is fascinating.
Isn’t it? I’m fascinated by the mechanism.
My cat has significantly improved (measured by “time taken to descend stairs after first getting up from a nap,” “number of flying leaps onto dining table and counter,” and “quality of zoomies”) and if my horse got half that benefit I think his old hocks would have a pretty good winter.
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I read about this and thought it shows great promise to improve end of life issues for small animals. And potential for great abuse in horses. Not sure it is entirely a good thing to interfere with pain pathways in something the size of a horse. Fascinating concept!
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Bonnie, that’s a fantastic point.
I was thinking of it from the perspective of my 28-year-old retiree whose hocks don’t like cold damp winters. But this is absolutely the kind of medication that would need to be on the USEF D&M list. I would have to defer to vets and pharmacists about how they’d consider pros and cons of prescribing it to their patients based on the way the horse presents. You don’t want the equivalent of the horse putting his hand on the hot stove because he doesn’t know it’s hot.
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I suspect it would be wicked expensive if they do develop an equine version.
Interesting idea, though.
BTW, the canine version is Bedinvetmab–it is a different molecule from the feline (Frunevetmab).
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It’s horses. What isn’t? 
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