Hi Nicole, Welcome to the group! Sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your pony, but it sounds like you are moving towards getting things under better control. We can help you with that,

Hi Julia There is no chart for pergolide doses. Just like with humans you need to dose, watch, make adjustments if needed. The good news is with time you and your vet get better at this. It sounds

I recently rescued a 19 year old welsh pony just found out she has cushings disease. I'm wondering if there is someone local near Green Bay Wisconsin to answer some questions I'm trying to rehome her

Hi Sandra Do you have a Case History for Mike? If not, please join ECHistry8 and give us some background volunteers can refer to. ECHistory8 ECHistory8 This is

Where is the "LIKE" button? Jean and Amber In South Carolina August 2004

---In EquineCushings@..., <mostlyaggies@...> wrote : So, for clarity's sake, when a veterinarian is writing a script for pergolide, and he wants to insure that the amount given will be, shall we say

Mike has been on 2 mg of pergolide for about a year now. Before starting the pills he had fallen down with me, twice and it was as if he passed out. At first his right back leg was always held up in

Hi Sue Boy, I not much help here. This is way beyond my experience level.I would be calling again maybe you could ask for a referral to anotherspecialist. I would search the old messages for maggot

Excellent reminder, Nancy, that we all need to step back and try to not get on the Hamster Wheel, or however Jaini said it. It is so easy to panic at every little thing when you are in "stress" mode

do you have any other ideas!!! I've tried to get her help 4 different times, I e-mailed her 2 times and called her once I talked to her and she said to call and leave my number and I did and still no

Dr. Kellon, Thank you so much for checking on the pergolide-vs-pergolide mesylate question. So, for clarity's sake, when a veterinarian is writing a script for pergolide, and he wants to insure that

Hello Everyone I've got a senior pony that was diagnosed with IR this past February ...from what I remember his insulin was 120 ...he was started on Metformin, Thyroid medicine(Palatech) , Isoxsuprine

An order of pergolide capsules from Island Pharmacy in BC was mailed to me in northern Ontario. It went to southern Ontario, back west to Manitoba, and stayed there for days. It *may* be now safely at

Thanks Jaini, That’s why I upped her dose yesterday she had perked up initially on I mgthen when to looking almost like before. This a.m. she gobbled up her ODTBcubes & she had mostly quit eating

Reading archived conversations on retesting one said when you reach your target dosage to retest. How does one know this target dosage? Ha ha, Julia - this is the $64,000 question! There are

Hi, Connie - I will defer this to Dr. Kellon, but here is my opinion: This ACTH is solidly in the "grey" area. The Liphook study showed confirmed PPID horses to have an ACTH more than twice that of

Hi, Sue - great advice from Jeannie. I don't know what more you can do; I do realize that one shouldn't double up with PhytoQuench and J-herb, but if Dr. Kellon says it is okay, I would be tempted to

Sue I would reach outto Daisy A Bicking DEP, APF CFGP, CLS http://www.integrativehoofschool.com/ She will be at the nolaminitis clinic in November. She is the only one I know of that hands

Reading archived conversations on retesting one said when you reach your target dosage to retest. How does one know this target dosage? I saw an IR calculator on the History form but have yet to

Hi, Lydia - Yes, indeedy, there is a compilation of papers addressing that very thing! Here is the link to the folders; and below that are a couple of excerpts from the