Any opinions? Considering options
My horse is 23. Was not going to do joint injections. He hurt everywhere. He is feeling so much better with the monthly polyglycan shots. In a younger horse, for whom you can isolate affected joints, you might want to do both.
Per my vet, some years ago, I started the mare with monthly polyglycan injections and put off joint injections as long as I could, which turned out to be almost 2 years. Eventually both were needed and I certainly notice when her polyglycan is overdue.
I would do the least invasive for as long as possible and only add the very invasive joint injections if and when necessary.
Bumping this. Do folks use polyglycan IV or IM? Best places to buy? I searched the boards and found many opinions but many threads were years old… Switching my mare from Acetyl-D (which I gave IM).
Thank you!
Wahh. Windows 8.1 just ate my post.
Anyhow, as far as I know, it’s given IM. What puzzles me is how it works, whether given IV or IM. How does the drug get to where it’s supposed to go? How does the drug find the part or area it’s supposed to treat? I’m equally fuzzy about how vacines for diseases block the future assaults by the particular virus/bacteria/fungus.
Can you tell I never went to vet school? 
Polyglycan is administered in the vein (IV). 5cc twice a month for my retired jumper, great results. No more joint injections for her. (It’s thick so dispense it slowly and keep it at room temp).
I’m conservative on joint injections even for younger ones. Sure, do if/when necessary and not on a “regular schedule” as one sees so much these days. Polyg, Adequan, Legend will all help maintain between injections as will other common sense management decisions.
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Wahh. Windows 8.1 just ate my post.
Anyhow, as far as I know, it’s given IM. What puzzles me is how it works, whether given IV or IM. How does the drug get to where it’s supposed to go? How does the drug find the part or area it’s supposed to treat? I’m equally fuzzy about how vacines for diseases block the future assaults by the particular virus/bacteria/fungus.
Can you tell I never went to vet school? [/QUOTE]
My biology degree assures me there are lots of neat animated YouTube videos on this topic. In short, the vaccine doesn’t block a future invader as much as it teaches the body to recognize and fight off the invader. This is done through a few different mechanisms. YouTube. But don’t listen to anything that suggests that vaccines cause autism. Go for something aimed at academia.
