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Five mg of Prascend (or more) for a horse with PPID seems extreme, doesn’t it?

·8 December 2024

The recommended dosage of pergolide is 0.002 mg (2 µg) per kilogram of body weight, once daily. For a 500-kilogram horse, this equates to one milligram tablet. Therefore, with a five-milligram dose, the horse would literally receive five tablets. This…

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What is ertugliflozine and is it an effective treatment option for my laminitic horse’s EMS?

·10 November 2024

Ertugliflozine is a medicine used to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. It works by preventing the kidneys from reabsorbing glucose back into the body. Instead, the glucose is removed from the body through urine. Weight…

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Healthy seniors are at risk too

·23 July 2024

PPID is diagnosed in about 20% of horses over the age of 15 years. In over-30s, it affects as many as one in three horses. Even though we still don't know exactly how PPID causes laminitis, it is the second most prevalent…

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Pergolide to control PPID: are you among the 52% or the 48%?

·22 July 2024

The treatment of PPID itself is relatively straightforward. You administer a daily tablet containing pergolide, which mimics the action of dopamine, a hormone that is insufficiently produced in horses with PPID. This helps regulate the dysregulated pituitary gland, reducing the…

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Treating PPID: the pill or the plant?

·22 July 2024

It is quite a shock when your horse is diagnosed with PPID. After all, it is a serious neurological disease causing significant hormonal imbalance, leading to severe health problems. On top of that, the vet recommends synthetic hormones for treatment,…

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Chilling out laminitis: the cool benefits of cryotherapy

·9 May 2023

You constantly try your hardest to avoid laminitis. If things unexpectedly go wrong, you do all in your ability to fix the damage and get your horse back on its feet as soon as possible, both literally and figuratively. So,…

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How long does it take to recover from laminitis?

·6 March 2023

Each horse has a different tolerance for pain, a different reaction to changing circumstances and a different self-healing capacity. It is therefore difficult to predict how recovery will take place, but let us give it a try. How long it…

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Neuropathic pain

·21 January 2023

Neuropathic pain (or: nerve pain) is the result of damaged and therefore malfunctioning nerve cells. The damage creates a short circuit, so to speak. This triggers spontaneous stimuli in the nerve. These stimuli are transmitted to the brain via the…

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The vet, the hoof care provider, my friends at the stable and the whole of facebook say something else. Who should I believe?

·1 June 2021

It is good that there is so much information available and that we can exchange ideas with so many people. The downside, however, is that this can lead to contradictory and sometimes downright wrong advice. This is partly because the…

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There is some revolutionary alternative therapy or a new drug. Is it worth trying?

·15 January 2021

It is tempting to pin all your hopes on a new treatment for laminitis, but is it always a good idea?