thank you for the Ck reply.. I was stressing about Jesse's high value of 1229 ref 50-380. I am more relaxed now.. thanks.. lj friedman san diego ECHistory8 ECHistory8 This is ECHistory8, the current E

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Thanks for the reply. I didnt coin the term "specialist" on my own.. Someone on the list mentioned that it is like seeing a specialist. so... lj friedman san diego nov 2014

If acth levels show a need for increased pergolide, can we titrate a bit less detailed? For ex, a horse is on 1mg of pergolide and needs to go to 1.5mg.. Is it fine to jump to the 1.5mg without titrat

I'm curious about pasturing an older cushings horse. If a horse is diagnosed with cushings but not IR, wouldnt allowing a horse to eat grass hasten the move to IR? are there any statistics that show t

I had labs drawn for Jessie for the first time yesterday. He has been on 1 mg of prascend since January 2nd Most of the labs were sent to Cornell and are not available yet . Some were sent locally for

I recently took the worming course with Dr. Kellon. It was decided that Jesse would get monthly ivermectin and every 6 months equimax for the tapes. My new vet thinks every month is overkilll and sugg

My new vet, with over 40 cushings horses in his practice wants me to give 3 days of bute with next set of vaccines, He will be changing the vax manufacturer in hoping this might help with any reaction

there has been some recent posts about water testing to properly balance a horses's diet. Since joining in November, I dont remember much about the need for water testing and I know when I started the

So, my obsession with adding aloe vera juice on a regular basis will be lowered to only add it when stressful or ulcer potentially causing meds are added. My quesiton.. can I dump 1/2 cup of aloe vera

Many of the posts I've been reading contain notes about people using aloe vera with the horses. I was thinking of just adding a bunch of aloe vera juice prophylactically to my horses supplements in th

Twice a day prascend is not as good as once per day.. this from Dr. Kellon Because of the rapid metabolism of pergolide in horses, splitting a dose into two daily segments may well result in the dose

The Ferrier I use for Jesse is interested in joining the group. Is she allowed to join if you doesn't have a cushings ir horse herself but wants to help her horses in trouble? Thanks. Lj friedman san

I was thinking that we might want to start a file where vets and their location write rx for compounded pergolide and members can see if there is a vet nearbye that they can use? lj friedman san diego

It looks like the best price on prascend is US $ 1.75 for a 1 mg tablet when buying 160(websites). Anyone know of any lower prices. Since I live close to Mexico. ( san diego) I was wondering if the pr

Dr. Kellon suggests leaving hay for Jesse, who quids and choked a few times. I contacted jesse's vet who extracted 4 teeth in November 2014 and prescribed his prascend. He suggests a small amount of f

Is stabul 1 a complete feed? for ex.. would I drop the timothy pellets and supps and use stabul 1 and add things that balancing shows are needed? Do members use stabul 1 as a complete feed? lj friedma

I am in the process of looking for a vet for Jesse. One vet, who was in the prascend trials, will write an rx for comp pergolide, but says it sometimes doesnt work. I didnt yet ask him why, but might

So what do the moderators think of the analysis of the Bermuda plus pallets from Mountain sunrise? You know they are marketed for Cushing's and Ir ? And my understanding is that a vet co manufactured

Dr Kellon replied to my recent question on tapes Can also use two doses of double dose pyrantel pamoate, two weeks apart. Eleanor www.drkellon.com The pdf file says to be careful using praziquantel be