Muscle sore horse, Robaxin

[jawa]

[QUOTE=Ghazzu;8284570]
Acepromazine has no analgesic properties.[/QUOTE]

No, it doesn’t. But it can have a positive effect on horses that have muscle soreness. It stops the spasms and increases blood flow.

https://asci.uvm.edu/equine/law/articles/tying.htm

A mild case of tying up may be treated with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (i.e. Phenylbutazone) and rest for 3-5 days with a gradual increase in exercise. A decrease in training intensity and grain intake will usually be recommended. Sedatives such as Acepromazine which causes sedation and relaxation by depressing the central nervous system, may be given to decrease the anxiety and spasms after the horse ties up. In some chronic cases, Acepromazine may be used in a preventative effort prior to exercise, to help promote vasodilatation or opening of the outlying blood vessels. Veterinarians may give the horses immediate intravenous Thiamin or intramuscular Vitamin E and Selenium injections to aid return to health or monthly prophylactic injections to decrease potential onset of tying up episodes.

[BoyleHeightsKid]

My boy was having trouble with some lingering lower back pain and acupuncture helped him tremendously.

If your boy is grouchy about being groomed I would try an E/Se Mag supplement or maybe Quiessence can help. Being deficient in selenium and magnesium can make them muscle sore. My boy used to hate being groomed and the E/Se Mag supplement sure helps him and he loves it now.

[SugarCubes]

[QUOTE=BoyleHeightsKid;8285477]
My boy was having trouble with some lingering lower back pain and acupuncture helped him tremendously.

If your boy is grouchy about being groomed I would try an E/Se Mag supplement or maybe Quiessence can help. Being deficient in selenium and magnesium can make them muscle sore. My boy used to hate being groomed and the E/Se Mag supplement sure helps him and he loves it now.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, Boyle! I did actually try the E/Se/Mag supplement from smartpak last year and kept him on it for about six months hoping to see a difference, but there was no change

[JB]

How much of the E/Se/Mg were you using? As in, IU/mg/gm?

Is the E in that d or dl?

I agree that the hard hind quarter muscles sounds very EPSM-like, and I’d either just start feeding him as such, or do the blood and hair test to see which, if either type, he has.

Have you ever tested his blood E/Se levels?

[BoyleHeightsKid]

I would have him tested for E/Se levels and see where that takes you. It could really be something as simple as that.

They are all different. My boys levels need to be at a very high level of normal… if not he starts to get grouchy again.

It would not hurt to switch him over to an EPSM friendly diet. It’s just better for them EPSM or not.

And the RVI your vet is talking about is Rubeola Virus Immunomodulator, it supposedly has some effect on myofacia inflammation.
http://ruralheritage.com/messageboard/virtualvet/2883.htm

[kande04]

@SugarCubes

Yup, hocks were just injected in May…

Injecting joints may or may not improve things, depending on why the horse needs them injected and whether the substance injected cures the problem.

[vxf111]

@kande04

Injecting joints may or may not improve things, depending on why the horse needs them injected and whether the substance injected cures the problem.

Just FYI you replied to a very old thread. Likely the horse with issues in 2015 has a different set of issues now in 2019.

[kande04]

@Ambitious Kate

I presume you have looked at Lyme? Its primary symptom is all over body soreness/pain; muscle or joint. I would certainly make sure it has been ruled out.

Lyme, or any of the other tick borne diseases. My neighbor’s mini was treated for Anaplasmosis last year, and now this spring he has what looks like overall body soreness again. I’d read somewhere that Lyme can become chronic, but the other tick borne diseases don’t, so maybe he has Lyme or one of the others this time around?

[Haylter]

I may have missed it, but you did not mention that his back has been Xrayed…has it? as others have said the Meth is treating a symptom of ??Cause?? Low Vit E selenium and magnesium as well as tick borne illness come to my mind as well…as does being foot sore and basically compensating with his back/hind end. might be worth shelling out the money for images, images, images to try and see what is wrong.

[joiedevie99]

This thread is from 2015. I doubt OP needs advice on this now.

[CBurkott]

My mare, when I first got her, seemed sore in the SI region. So with chiro, she started robaxin. We worked long and low, lots of hacking, tack walking, etc. Once it seemed markedly improved, we began to wean her off…she began to evade work, buck, get pissy. So we injected stifles because she was off there during a flexion. Still no improvement. Finally, the chiro said, lets test for Lyme and EPM. Bingo, it was Lyme. I’m in SC but she came off the track in PA and let down there. Vets here never suspected. I kick myself for not asking for that sooner. She’s just on her sixth week of doxycycline.