Stem Cell Therapy for dogs?
Wondering if anyone has done stem cell therapy for there dogs. Was it successful? Whats the procedure like? etc.... My dog has a partial acl tear and ...
Wondering if anyone has done stem cell therapy for there dogs. Was it successful? Whats the procedure like? etc.... My dog has a partial acl tear and arthritis. He's 9 now, and I won't put him through that surgery. He was on deramaxx, was doing very good on it, then his liver values went up and he can't take it anymore. He will be starting at a rehab vet this week for acupuncture and laser therapy.
sisu. thank you for the answer. He is on denamarin right now. Has been for about 2 weeks. He is scheduled to have bloodwork done in another week. Was your dog able to take a drug like deramaxx, along with the denamarin to help with liver function?
No experience with stem cell therapy. The liver has the ability to regenerate. I had a 14 year old with high liver values. Milk thistle and SAMe help the liver. With Denamarin her liver values improved significantly. The instructions say the chewable should not be broken. It makes no sense because the dog chews it. Use it as you would any other medication or supplement. I found the best price on ebay.
We have had AMAZING results with horses that have torn tendons.
My friend who is a vet has nothing but good things to say about the procedure
in its applications to dogs.
ADD: For the alleged "vet student" perhaps he should study current research.
http://www.equinescienceupdate.com/articles/lscrr.html
Pretty much no evidence behind it what so ever. Its an area of active research, but really nothing solid in the field yet.
Yes, people do it, yes there are some good results reported by some, but the question remains, was it the treatment, or was it going to get better anyways? You can certainly find someone who is willing to inject stem cells in to your dog — is it going to fix the problem? Unlikely.
I would push down the rehab route. There are some good conservative management techniques you can use to strengthen the appropriate muscle groups, and hopefully provide some long term benefits.
Personally, I wouldn’t be spending my money on ‘lasers’. I’ve questioned reps, and supporters of the technology about it, and no one has been able to properly answer my questions, or convince me that any benefit is any more than just applying warmth to the area.
Repeatedly, I’ve looked at their documentation, and what they say is inconsistent with the physics (for example, claims of a ‘non heating’ effect being delivered by a wavelength nicely in the infrared). I think most of it is marketing to be quite honest. (Its a "laser" so it must be good). Ask them why they need a laser as opposed to a simple monochromatic light source, or why they need a monochromatic light source at all, and their eyes glaze over (or they’ll feed you some BS about being ‘tuned’ to the appropriate frequency, but not give you any evidence that the tuning has actually been done).
Accupuncture I’m willing to give more of a chance to. Why? Not because I believe in the ‘science’ behind it (aligning energies), but rather because its been around for so darned long that I think its had the opportunity to undergo an evolutionary type process. (I stick a needle here, something bad happens, stick it here, something good happens — maybe I should stick it there).