Gastro Guard for ulcers

[MareMc56]

Has anyone used Gastro Guard..I have a 2YO that we suspect might have ulcers..looks calm but internalizes..gets shaking in the gate...found an ad for Gastro Guard but thinking it's gonna be $$$....anything else?

[teb]

I just put a weanling on a 6 day course. He is quite calm and happy, but he too internalizes things more than he appears. He lost weight and just wasn't doing. So put him on half a tube for 7 days and it made all the diffrence in the world. It is very expensive, but worth it. Now, since your filly is racing that's a diffrent ball game. A lot of people over here will give a course of gastro gard and then continue on a daily regime of ranitadine which is cheaper, but I would definitely try and get a course into her, well worth it. I'm really broke too, probably because I make sure the horses have everything they need, but if they have to have it to keep them healthy, I'm happy. Good Luck
Terri

[ckaye]

Mountain Vet in Fort Collins, CO sells gastrogard (and ulcergard) for $31.99/tube (and will discount slightly for orders of 10+ tubes). This is the best price I've found. They're very nice people and thier number is 970.484.2200. You will need a script for gastrogard.

[wiley]

Gastrogard is very expensive here in Canada. As an affordable alternative our vets have it compounded at a compounding pharmacy in Ontario. Omeprazole is the actual ulcer drug and a 1 litre bottle costs about $400, thats approximately 25 treatments at 20ccs per dose. Some vets say you can reduce the daily dose to 10cc/day after 2 weeks if the horse doing well, others say not to I think its very case specific.

[Crystal]

We love Gastro guard at our barn.. Expensive yes, but worth it. We give it to anything doing long haul shipping.