You said: Thankfully Dr. Kellon deemed a trial of pergolide worthwhile and she immed improved but it took some months to find the right dose to fully control her insulin. THAT IS DURING THAT TIME

ACTH Glucose Insulin Leptin 9/15/15 62 92 59 4.73 7/20/15 47 110 55 4.26 5/04/15 32 86 32

Hi Nancy, Here's more clarification, drawing quotes from your prev post (please note that if I use CAPS it is merely for emphasis) ----------------------------------- ....."Every time this comes up I

Hello all: Would love some ideas on whether or not this is normal in a IR/Cushings horse. I know that sheath swelling is part of IR and Cushings, but this is a sudden increase in swelling on his

Don't forget to register for NO Laminitis! 2015. The price goes up this Thurs, Sept. 24. I'm the host for the event (with the assistance of some amazing helpers) and am hoping to have a large

Corrine and Kerry, I'm not piling on. Heaven knows it's taken me years to get things straight in my head, much less get DDT&E dialed in. I know how hard this is to hear when you're already dealing

Hi Kerry & everyone else Here's the post from lavinia # 196567 this is why i'v put him on all ODTB cubes my hay isn't mineral tested so i decided to go to all cubes for his diet. He's on 6 mg of

>>If Jasper (or a theoretical horse) has been definitively diagnosed with IR & PPID and is showing overt clinical signs of IR/PPID (PU/PD, foot soreness, insatiability, etc), and an effective

Nancy and Lorna (and anyone else who has gotten this far): Thank you so much for your responses. I think I cant help my butting in because Im trying to understand a key point to Jasper's scenario.

Hi Jacque, Did you see my message to you about giving us the details here,until you get your case history worked out? https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/conversations/messages/196701

>>I would love to retest 3 weeks after I reach the 5.5mg, but I will have to see if I can do it financially. Stephanie, I also have been trying to get the pergolide dose right during seasonal rise.

Dr Kellon I'll have an anwser to your questions in a day or so, not trying to avoid it, i just honestly don't remember a thing that was told to me over the phone with cornell,or my own vet. Read my

Hi Kerry Good caveats. :-) Every time this comes up I am still left with the same question. Did her insulin come down because she had better controlled ACTH or because she got off the Cubes. I

>>Once on the correct pergolide dose for a few weeks, she was able to consume at least 1% BW in ODTBC and even did well on 2% BW thru the hard winter while living out 24/7 and still working (she's on

Hi Nancy Took hay out of diet because of unknow minerals, Lavinia felt i needed to tighten up his diet due to the numbers on test going up quite a bit from test in August. I had the choice of

Hi Sandie Sorry you got lost in the flurry of posts. I'm hoping one of our Australia members will add their experiences, dewormer resistance in Australia, and product ideas, but in the meanwhile,

I understand this post may stir up a hornet's nest -- again -- but being an open forum where advice is commonly solicited and anecdotal reports from owners are encouraged, Im sticking my neck out

Hi Coririne Can't tell you about the pergolide. You need to look at symptoms and work to the plan you have with your vet. The goal is to control ACTH. Some folks use these to slow down cube

Hi Nancy, Thank you so much for replying. I try really hard to watch his symptoms closely, as I see him several times a day(he's at home). I have noticed that his crest has increased a little over the

I put a few big rock in his feed dish today slowed him down some,he searched out cubes that were scattered and ate those first. Had 5.5 lbs gone in an hour,i put out another 3 lbs of cubes scattered