Thank you Paula! Well said. I was lurking out here feeling (almost) guilty for using Cypro. However, the results have been great for my guy as far as the symptoms go. (My 21 yr. old will be doing his

Dear Sally Mason, While your recent post was very interesting and conveyed your definite opinions about Cushing's treatment, please realize that others among us with Cushingoid horses have benefited

Hi Linda...I will check out the draft horse site. I've never heard of blue seal feed and probably don't have a chance of getting it here. In the past Domino has refused to eat rice bran products, so

Hi Kay I was feeding blue seal senior feed because it is rice bran based, not beet pulp based and has less sugar in it but recently moved to another state and I'm having a heck of a time finding it,

Hi again...new member Kay from Alaska here... I finished reading all the archived posts and now am wondering how everyone's horses are doing since this list started. I feel great empathy with you

Hi, I am a new member through the healthy horse list. Following is a summary o my experience with what I believe is a tendency to misdiagnose in younger horses: This insideous diseas, along with

Hi Everyone and thanks Robin for starting this list. I just found out about it today and went back and read some of the archival posts, but will have to read the rest at another time. I see that

Hi, My vet likes to start the horses on a low dose and then increase if symptoms do not improve. We also do a lot of nutritional support with our mare. Have you done much research on Cushings? There

Chris, how long has your horse been on it for? Did he/she have to go on a higher dosage at first and then lower one? Did your horse founder or anything with this? Thanks a

You might check the archives for more info on this thread as we talked about it a few weeks or so ago. However, in the meantime <g>, I use Pergolide at .25mg daily and it costs me about $40 a month

I live in Virginia, US. If I could afford permax, I'd have my horse worked up again for cushings and put her on it. My friend has a pony, about 48 years old bless him who's been on it for years. I

Thanks Linda, Where are you from? We are in BC, Canada. The blood tests on our mare were done yesterday so our vet said we'd get the results in 24-48 hours. We talked a man at a tack store today and

Hi I think you're probably talking about Permax. There has been some reports of vets using smaller doses than that have been effective which would bring the cost down. The other med is

does anyone know of any medications that work for a horse with cushings? We are looking at spending $300 per month on meds and we don't think we can afford that much. Thanks-Dana EquineCushings

Hi, I am using .25 of pergolide. The vet said we would start small and work up so I guess that the answer to your question is "it depends on the horse". My mare seems to be responding quite well to

<prices you're finding now for Cyproheptadine and Pergolide both...> I've been using a liquid suspension of Cypro. that I purchased from a place in CT. It's made especially for horses (apple/carmel

Hi, I am using .25 of pergolide. The vet said we would start small and work up so I guess that the answer to your question is "it depends on the horse". My mare seems to be responding quite well to

Hi Everyone, I'm wondering what the latest dosage recommendations are for the pergolide? Is it still the higher (somewhere around 0.75 mg) or did that lower dosage pan out (somewhere around 0.25 mg

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Chris: Did you mean .25 g or .25mg for the Permax doseage? I'm guessing you meant mg. Have you found improvements in your horse's bloodwork as well as the clinical signs? Can you site the research