Hi Bev - Let me repost one of your sentences: ***Having said that - she's no longer tender footed - loves to go out - is this what I have to expect for the rest of her life? You are looking at her

Hello - it's been a while since I last posted - since I've had Melody - I've followed the diet, exercise, etc. Melly has been on low sugar hay, has had her diet balanced according to the hay - so I

Hi Heike, Wonderful to hear that your horse is doing great. I was wondering if you would mind sharing you latest ACTH or Insulin test results? I think knowing the numbers you started with and then

So it increases the function of the pituitary gland? Or suppresses it? Considering the PPID type pituitary is *overactive* by tumor or hyperplasia, how does this supplement help with PPID? Have you

<http://store.agoodvitamin.com/birecy180ta1.html> http://store.agoodvitamin.com/birecy180ta1.html My horse is about 1100 lbs. Over the high ACTH months I give him 4, which is about Oc tober

Please could you tell me how much the dosage of chaste berry you gave, I am giving my mare chasteberry, but thinking it maybe not enough, would prefer this before peroglide. She is 15.2

What are these supplements? I am having Ellie tested this week and if she is Cushings, then I would perfer to use a supplement and not a drug if possible. Thanks, candy 2010 michigan

I also use the human pituitary supplement for my 2 cushings( 1 horse and 1 pony). They are doing very well. I could not believe how nicely the older (26) of the 2 shed out this year. Even better

Dear Dr. Kellon, sorry to ask again, but I haven´t recieved any feedback regarding my questions until now, though I sent it twice. I am quite desperate that my mails don´t reach you, as my question

I use a human pituitary supplement, and my horse is doing great with it. He did not do well at all with Pergolide. Heike Vermont, 2006 Heike Bean <http://www.heikebean.com>

Hi Helaine - Not certain if Dr K is readily available. I can totally imagine your frustration so thought I'd see if I could find something that might help. This post includes a study on how long

Have you tried chaste tree berry? I used it for 8+ years before introducing Pergolide. Saw no side effects at all with CTB and it resolved the un-shedding, patchy coat and other symptoms within the

Hi Denise, Welcome back to the group! I am sorry you are here once again, but we will help you to help this special girl. To answer the ACTH question: blood needs to be separated within 4 hrs of

Hi, could you please lead me to some documentation I could download for my vet regarding the blood draw timing in regard to results.  My vet pulled blood for ACTH 24 plus hours after her last 3 mg

I order Devils Claw from Ukele.. Judy-PA 5/06 Has anyone ordered from Claire's site recently? I was redirected to the new site, but could not see anything but one photo. There were not

It's been awhile since I had a cushing horse/IR. I purchased an older mare 1 1/2 yrs ago to rescue her. I need to have her tested for cushing/IR, has long hair, barely shedding, drinks alot,

Sorry to seem impatient. I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since the last dosage increase. I would like to test early next week, so need to plan accordingly- thanks! Dr Kellon, I am making plans for

Is there a low, medium and high level of I.R?Can a low level (?) I.R. horse return to eating some grass for short amounts of time? *******Actually ~ the IR calculator is scary to me! But yes,

Hello Mandy, Thank you for your response. After doing the math, with my son's help, I saw that he was definitely, but I do not know about the ACTH. I did not think it looked to well after reading

Hi Kim, The short version is Malachi is IR. That is managed by Diet and Exercise! His ACTH test while normal is slightly higher than 50%. At age 7 he ''should not be'' Cushings however it is a