My mare has never foundered in her life, she is now 18 yrs. old & was diagnosed with Cushings over 2 months ago. I have owned her since she was 2 yrs. old & she has always been on alfalfa hay up

For those of you that DO you Harmonise... Is it a Liquid? Powder? or pill? How much do you use compared to the Pergolide? How does your horses (or donkeys or mules), accept it? (Mine does not like

Bev, I can't compare the amount of Hormonize to Pergolide since I've never used Pergolide on my two horses. Homonize is liquid. It's measured in Mls but I would say it's about 5

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I recently came across an article on Cushing's that I found very informative, especially for people new to this disease. The article is a couple of years old so drug prices are not quite the same,

when my mare was diagnosed 2 mo. ago she was taken off oats and alfalpha hay.I am having a problem finding good grass hay.How bad is the alfalpha and could I feed a mix of mostly grass with a little

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---------- You would be paying $119 for a total of 25 mg (0.25 mg x100 pills). Prescription Specialties, (203) 250-0445, will send you 30 mg (generic liquid-1mg/ml) for less than $70 including the

---Hi Carolyn - The best price that I have found is through Prescription Specialties, a compounding pharmacy. The phone # is listed in the groups database. I pay about $125 for 60 ml at 1 mg per

Hi Susan - The lumps on my mare seem to be inside the udder - in front of the nipples. They are kind of thick and ropey, like you described, and larger on one side than the other. The people we

In a message dated 4/6/2001 9:03:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, crazyacr@... writes: << How bad is the alfalfa and could I feed a mix of mostly grass with a little alfalfa? >> We feed our mare

Here is the free phone number for Prescription Specialties for the pergolide (Permax) if you decide to go with the liquid. 1-800-861-0933 My Vet Clinic was thoughtful enough to give me an "open

My horse was prescribed Permax (pergolide?) to treat her Cushing's. I filled the prescription through the mail order source my vet used. OUCH! 100 pills were $135. This works out to be a 40 day

luktannr@... writes: Hi Ann, Are your mare's lumps inside the udder or just on the surface? I have a 12 year old Arab mare who foundered badly with mastitis 2 1/2 years ago. After

--- Hi Angela - There are several tests that can diagnose cushings - I would warn you against one of them, the dexamethasone suppressison test. This test involves a cortisol injection, which can

You need to find a vet that can test for Cushings. I live in the Boston, MA area and my vet charged me $60 for the test. The medication I am going on will come mail order from a pharmacy in

*****Thanks so much, Janice. This was the company name I couldn't find. It clearly rings a bell. maxine << I just received a catalog where you can

Hello to you linda, I am Patti from Decatur, Alabama. I thank you for your experience. This has been pretty tramatic for me, and for that matter I don't think anyone can prepare for this. We have

Only way you can be sure is to have the horse tested for cushings. It a expensive test, over a hundred dollars, but will let you know for sure that the horse has cushings. Keith and

--- Linda - We have a Welsh/Arab mare that has had lumps on her "udder" ever since we got her - about 3 years now. I had the vet look at them, and at the time was expecting him to tell me that she