mesotherapy in cat

hi everyone. I would like to ask about mesotherapy, especially in cats. I have read that it is used for dogs and horses and it aims to reduce pain most likely, however, I cannot find any usage area for cats. is it possible to apply this technique to cats also? or why it is not for cats. I thought that cats also get osteoarthritis etc so I wonder the reason. thank  you so much in advance

Hello.  In the UK, when a veterinary surgeon is recommending a treatment, they try to base this on fact.   For example, we used to treat cystitis cats with antibiotics - ad owners used to come back saying it helped because of the placebo effect, and maybe because a pain killer had also been given - but then someone came along and did an experiment, whereby they looked at cats given antibiotics and cats where no antibiotics were given, and noted no advantage at all to giving antibiotics.  But they did notice that cats given NSAIDs (pain killers) improved a lot.  This slowly revolutionised the treatment of male cats with cystitis.   I am a supporter of contemporary therapies;  should I have a cat that could tolerate acupuncture well, I might well use it as a pain releif in some conditions, where real scientific evidence supports it.  Meanwhile I have read of no good papers supporting the use of mesotherapy in any species at present.   I would not get a license to use a drug without some level of evidence and would not reccommend a therapy on that basis.  If you do feel that you find convincing evidence (the therapist should be able to point you to a scientific paper, surely?) please take it to your vet and let them evaluate it in terms of your pet but at present, I do not know of any.