Tauhei Notts 1,413 Report post Posted October 29, 2019 There is a very interesting article in the Los Angeles Times, of 28th October, written by John Cherwa about the administration of bisphosphonates to young horses and its masking effect on the bones of those young horses. Apparently they are sold under the trade names of Osphos and Tildren. With my severely limited information technology skills I am unable to link the story to this site. Hopefully our good mate poundforpound can do so. His opinion on this matter would be most appreciated. Cherwa suggests that the widespread use of such drugs in young horses could be one of the reasons for the unusually high number of deaths of racehorses in California in particular, and to a lesser extent in New York and Kentucky. I get the impression that Cherwa is very knowledgeable on matters such as this. Gruff 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruff 2,800 Report post Posted October 29, 2019 Leo is a smart Cookie Tauhei but if you spend enough time im sure you could end up with a good argument Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggy 4,093 Report post Posted October 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, Tauhei Notts said: There is a very interesting article in the Los Angeles Times, of 28th October, written by John Cherwa about the administration of bisphosphonates to young horses and its masking effect on the bones of those young horses. Apparently they are sold under the trade names of Osphos and Tildren. With my severely limited information technology skills I am unable to link the story to this site. Hopefully our good mate poundforpound can do so. His opinion on this matter would be most appreciated. Cherwa suggests that the widespread use of such drugs in young horses could be one of the reasons for the unusually high number of deaths of racehorses in California in particular, and to a lesser extent in New York and Kentucky. I get the impression that Cherwa is very knowledgeable on matters such as this. https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10-28/horse-racing-deaths-undetectable-killer-santa-anita-breeders-cup Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhei Notts 1,413 Report post Posted October 29, 2019 Leggy, thank you for doing the link. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggy 4,093 Report post Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Tauhei Notts said: Leggy, thank you for doing the link. No worries TN. There's been a bit of other stuff written about this over the last year or so. It seems a bit unclear really what the level of off label usage might be and indeed what the effects of that there are, if any. Definitely a worry though. https://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/bisphosphonates-what-we-know-about-off-label-use-and-what-one-drug-company-is-doing-about-it/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
