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Dosing decisions: Dr. Kellon?

My IR/PPID pony Lad has been on 24 mg of compounded pergolide. In October 2014 I had to leave him in someone else's care due to my cancer surgery and recovery. I found that due to miscommunication he

By Bonnie · #190882 ·

Re: Approved IR feeds list

>She's doing well and seems eager to eat and go for walks. Very glad to hear this,Beverly. Well done. Lorna in Ontario,Canada ECIRModerator 2002 *See What Works in

By Lorna Cane · #190881 ·

Re: New to Cushings

Hi K, Well an ACTH of 171 is high, but we've certainly seen worse--much worse. Maybe your vet has too and that's why he said it wasn't overly high? Don't know. It is important to get it down

By Maggie · #190880 ·

Re: Approved IR feeds list

Hi Nancy, You asked if she at least eats overnight... Not everything, but that is the closest to an empty bowl we get. None of these are new (to get used to), except my theory of the new ODTB batch

By beverly meyer · #190879 ·

THE PERGOLIDE DOSAGE DATABASE

THE PERGOLIDE DOSAGE DATABASE http://tinyurl.com/m6syzt4 Thanks to the 2013 Neo Yahoo changes , the Database sections of the Yahoo groups no longer function properly. To keep the database going

By ThePitchforkPrincess@... · #190878 ·

Re: New to Cushings

Hi Maggie, I was told by my vet it was not overly high, but after looking at the test results, it seems very high! Im hoping someone here can explain that too me. I have the results uploaded to our

By kleonaptra@... · #190877 ·

Re: New to Cushings

Hi K, Yes, it's a bit overwhelming at first! After a while, it does become a way of life though. You don't have to make all the changes in one day, but concentrate on the most important stuff.

By Maggie · #190876 ·

Re: Extremely skinny just diagnosed cushings horse in Australia please help

---In EquineCushings@..., <belinda.jacomas@...> wrote : Hi Pauline and Kylie, I called Bova this morning and they put me onto one of their chemists, he can supply the pergolide in a powder / capsule,

By takarri@... · #190875 ·

Re: New to Cushings

WHOA! Colour me confused/overwealmed/buried in info....:) Thats not a bad thing! I have a copy of her blood test result, its hard for me to understand so I will upload it to her case history. I will

By kleonaptra@... · #190874 ·

Re: sue & princess

hi Lavinia, her feet look bad.. I had the new blacksmith come out the next day and lower the heels on both some, and take the toes back as you can see in the new photos.... but I think the club hoof

By sue wolf <wolffarm4@...> · #190873 ·

Re: pergolide capsules

Valerie, >>I will have to get him checked again though, as his coat is very curly now if it gets wet. It is not any longer, but it sure is curly, so that's not right. I am commenting just on the

By Claudia Goodman · #190872 ·

Re: Approved IR feeds list

Hi Beverly Not Lorna, bu having gone through this with multiple horses now... >>>She will eat half of her other 3 meals but seldom eats but 1/3 breakfast.<<< What happens over night? Does she finish

By Nancy C · #190871 ·

IR calculation

I did my best using the IR calculator but hope someone can check my result: converted 4.9 mmol/L to 88.29mg/dL glucose converted 81 pmol/L to 11.66 uIU/ml insulin got G/I ratio of 7.8 Is this

By Bonnie · #190870 ·

Re: Approved IR feeds list

Hi Lorna, Thanks for the questions on what I have tried to get Ginger to eat the November batch ODTB cubes. We never had this issue since starting in May. She weighs about 425 so the goal is 8 to 9

By beverly meyer · #190869 ·

Re: balancing diet without a analysis...N.E ohio

Hi Joanne, I live in ne ohio about a half hour away from the pa line. about 30 miles.. in colebrook/orwell area. I can e-mail you a copy of my last years hay sample.. you can call your soil & water

By sue wolf <wolffarm4@...> · #190868 ·

Cornell testing

My horse is now 30 days on prascend, prescribed without acth testing as he is obvious cushings.. Now, I will be doimg the EMSDP test at Cornell. acth, insulin, leptin glucose ,T4.. I will also do

By lj friedman · #190867 ·

Re: Extremely skinny just diagnosed cushings horse in Australia please help

Hi Pauline and Kylie, I called Bova this morning and they put me onto one of their chemists, he can supply the pergolide in a powder / capsule, but he said that he has never heard of the liquid

By Belinda Jacomas · #190866 ·

pergolide capsules

I switched from liquid to capsules one month ago and it is working much better. No decline in appetite or digital pulse at the end of the month. What is the shelf life of the capsules? I have been

By Mimi Costley · #190865 ·

Re: Extremely skinny just diagnosed cushings horse in Australia please help

Beet pulp is an acquired taste for many horses, and you need to start small with some of them, like maybe only a cup dry measure then soaked (perhaps even less for the really picky ones) and mix it in

By Chanda · #190864 ·

Re: sue & princess

Hi Sue, So sorry you had the knee issue and Princess is having trouble again. You are correct, the toes really got away from the farrier. Need to back them considerably. LF heels pretty good at the

By Lavinia Fiscaletti · #190863 ·

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