Cheaper alternative to Gastrogard

[Stasha22]

My horse is on her third box of Gastrogard (has been very poorly and stressed in hospital for 2 1/2 weeks and now home on even more box rest).

A friend said to have a look at this site http://ponymeds.com/ as a cheaper alternative.

What do you think? The ingredient is the same as Gastrogard but a hell of alot cheaper. Worth a try or too risky?

 

[_jetset_]

A friend of mine has something that she highly recommends that is as good...

If you give me a few days I will find out for certain what it is called.

 

[Stasha22]

That would be great, thank you very much.

 

[air78]

I've used equine america U guard plus..... I thought it was the strongest non prescription thing available?

 

[Angua2]

Be Careful... the active ingredient is a presription drug over here for both humans and equines.

 

[Stasha22]

I've also used that but I find it works best as a preventative measure rather than treating a serious flare up. She will be back on it once we finish the Gastrogard.

 

[Alibear]

Doesn't coligone work along similar lines?

 

[H's mum]

Yes it does Ali - it's very good for maintaining healthy gut environments especially if the horse has had a course of gastrogard

Kate x

 

[Nari]

Another vote for Gard Plus, I was very sceptical when my vet suggested trying it but the result speaks for itself IMO. Nothing else I tried came close.

 

[moorhillhorses]

I changed from gastroguard onto Ponease Ulc fix recently, the difference has been unbelievable and it’s much cheaper too.

I know this is an older post it just came up in my search

 

[sunleychops]

Yes it does Ali - it's very good for maintaining healthy gut environments especially if the horse has had a course of gastrogard

Kate x

No it doesn't

Gastrogard is a proton pump inhibitor so stops gastric acid production.

 

[Alibear]

Zombie thread. But my 2008 #7 post was about post #4, mentioning Equine America U Guard. Since in post #6 the original poster mentioned she'd also used it.

 

[Wizpop]

Another vote for Gard Plus, I was very sceptical when my vet suggested trying it but the result speaks for itself IMO. Nothing else I tried came close.

As this is for humans, how much did you feed at a time?

 

[Nari]

As this is for humans, how much did you feed at a time?

Given this was 14 years ago I really cannot remember! Plus I suspect I'd made a typo and it should read U Gard Plus which is a horse product by Equine America and now called Uls Gard.