Thank you for the encouragement. I needed it. So is his ACTH high? It looks like it's on the higher end of normal, so does that indicate early onset of PPID? Or is that simply an indicator that his

Hi Beverly Not Kerry and I know she will have a good response for you but want to give you this. High fat can worsen insulin sensitivity.

Hi Martha and Coral Fentanyl is an opioid, right?. If this horse were here I'd personally use other avenues. If this is neurological pain, and not just from incorrect mechanism, the use of ALCar

My son's Chinese in-laws sent me 4 boxes of tea, 80 g each, after we chatted about Chinese herbs. Does anyone have any ideas on whether this could/should be used for a horse? Anyone want to come over

Hi Patti, Thanks for adding Fargo's xrays. I've created an album for his xrays and any pictures here: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/photos/albums/1269520555 All pictures shuld be

Hi, Coral, Regarding availability of the ODTB cubes in your area (San Antonio area), it appears we may have a reasonable option. Did you get my email with Jerrals phone number?

Have files been moved or re-filed (Neo or other) in our CHs? Noticed several files are missing from my folders and the CH on my mare "Pinky" has reverted back to the first one I filled out (old

Hi Kerry, I saw your note about not tolerating fat as it spiked insulin. Can you say more about that? My pony is super high insulin but I can reduce her flax oil if its making insulin spike. Did you

Hi Patti, I've looked over your CH, feed and hay analyses, etc, and have several thoughts. First some housekeeping, though. There is limited space in the "files" section of ECH8, so we ask that you

Assuming all other issues have been or are being addressed --- why not ask your vet for Fentanyl patch(es), at least temporarily. He/she can monitor them and taper the dose as improvement in pain

Hi Coral I am on the run but wanted to offer support. After a winter of abscessing, my guy is similar. I am waiting for PQ to arrive too. Wht you are seeing can be from a constellation of things and

How/why did you decide to bump up peroglide despite normal acth levels? lj friedman san diego nov 2014

I took pictures of Po this evening to show how he's standing now. He's leaning back a little even in his sandbox in a slight "founder stance". He switches his weight from left to right, and rarely

In my experience: (1) my PPID/IR mare's insulin/glucose would not come down until her pergolide dose was correct for her, which was not based on the ACTH numbers. I had to bump pergolide up to 1.5mg

Hi Patti, > They have access to about a 6 inches to a foot of grass around the perimeter, but that's not very much for 8 horses. It might be too much for Fargo,though. > 4 oz of Essentials

Hello everyone, I asked a question about whether Fargo needed additional mineral and vitamin supplementation before I had all the info uploaded to our file. Everything should be up there now. My

Hi, All. For those of you in Central Texas looking for ODTB cubes - they are available at Belton Feed and Temple Feed. They only keep a couple bags on hand (currently in stock only at the Temple store

Hi Ideas for pain relief that wont cause ulcer issues on an ulcer prone horse,jasper's really painful and needs some relief. Can i give previcox without having ulcers flare up? Farrier wont be out

>Nancy, >Could you send me the link? Not Nancy, but here's one. Scroll down to Pergolide: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/links/all Lornain Ontario,Canada ECIR Moderator

Nancy, Could you send me the link? I see the link for Australian compounding pharmacies but but not for USA> Donna Powell, May 2011 Beaufort, SC In History 8 did not paste and copy for fear of losing