Sherry is correct about the half life. You are basically giving two small doses. Research has also shown ACTH stays suppressed 24 hours after a single dose. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC

Hi Terry, As Bobbie mentioned in your welcome letter, seeing a Case History will help us advise you. For a start, no Purina product is safe for an IR horse, and even small amounts can make a

Hi Terri, Were this my horse with a result that high I would not be doing a slow titer up nor would I be going up by just 1mg. I would plan on tripling the dose (to 3mg/daily) as you're already behind

Hi Jamie, You can possibly do a search of the messages or Dr. Kellon may have research references at hand for you but basically splitting the dose reduces the effectiveness of the medication due to

Thank you Martha, I think today I will just go over things with apprentice and maybe do light rasping and we can work on getting the photos ... I can take them ... I just cannot be bending over trying

Hi Jen, I’m glad to learn that your local ‘apprentice’ will be working with you. That would have been my suggestion as they understand they have a lot to learn. It would be ideal if you had

This product doesn't give cfu either but I like the array of ingredients https://poseidon-equine.com/collections/all/products/digestive-eq . -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

There is no time limit but it may lose effectiveness over time. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

There is increased oxidative stress in EMS, which could be why PQ works better than plain Devil's Claw. I wouldn't keep him on DC now but you can switch to powdered PQ which doesn't have DC. --

I would keep up the exercise, try putting her minerals onto moistened hay and retest when it's normal. My main concern now would be what would happen if you go out of town and exercise stops. --

Hi Terrie Protexin specifies 60 million CFU per gram (if you zoom onto the front label, that info is at the bottom). It's pricey but that's the one my vet usually recommends, and it does usually help

Hi! How long can a shetlandpony be on Metformin?My vet said just 6 weeks, but i am anxious to quit them:-/ -- Hilde Norway https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=273158

Dr Kellon, Can Dixie have human probiotics as they always specify the microbial count? There are a lot of equine probiotics listed online available in Australia, however nothing specifying 10-20

Hi Kirsten I will have Dixie up to 2mg Pergolide per day by mid-next week which I hope may help her. ACTH result back yesterday is 113 pg/mL, up from 20 pg/mL in September 2021 so I just have to be

Thank you, Sherry. Sunday night I returned to giving his dose 1 time per day, 2 1/4 pills. I'm a little concerned as to why the vet made a poor recommendation. Can you point me to any research or

Night temps are still below 45. No grass. She was exercised the day before. My other two IR horses, on the same diet, had excellent insulin levels. I haven’t updated their case histories yet, but

I realize the label discusses other benefits of phytoquench unrelated to IR, but I believe I was feeding it to him for the purpose of supplying devils claw to assist with pain management. If he is

He looks great. So happy to see improvement. 👏👏👏 -- Janet and Chicy Chester SC 09/17/2021 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Janet%20and%20Chicy

Yeahhh!!! Happy Dance that u and Vinnie are doing so well!!! -- Heather August 5, 2017, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Riosa

Hi Jen. the dry, peeling hoof wall is actually called periople and is a normal finding. Typically, we see this mostly at the upper 1/3 of the hoof wall. its function is to flex slightly and provide a