How long before ulcer treatment makes a difference?

[GingerTrotter]

my horse started veterinary treatment for ulcers a week ago.
When should I start seeing a difference?
His only symptoms are extreme lethargy with the reluctance to move faster than a walk ?

 

[GingerTrotter]

For info the meds they have him on are cytotec 200mg and sucralfate 100% which I give 2x a day in a chaff and sugarbeet feed

 

[dixie]

Each horse varies I’m afraid. Mine took months and months of experimenting. ?
If you get the right treatment they should improve within a few days.
I’ve not heard of Cytotec, is that for foregut? I know Imoprazole can take a few weeks. With mine it made him worse.

 

[GingerTrotter]

Its a human grade drug apparently, for acid neutralisation i think.
Hebhas hind gut ulcers. Quite mild but clearly making him feel awful

 

[GingerTrotter]

the vet has given me a mobth supply to use. So if its not working after a week then you think it won't at all?

 

[dixie]

I think you need to give it longer than a week but you need to be careful that the drug is not actually irritating the hind gut, which is what Omeprazole does.
Sucralfate worked quite well with mine as did Ron Fields powder and then lately mint and physllium.

 

[GingerTrotter]

I think you need to give it longer than a week but you need to be careful that the drug is not actually irritating the hind gut, which is what Omeprazole does.
Sucralfate worked quite well with mine as did Ron Fields powder and then lately mint and physllium.

Thank you. X

 

[GingerTrotter]

update. 8 days in and he is bucking and playing in the field which is a delight to see. I haven't ridden yet but hopefully will in a week or so and see how he feels

 

[billylula]

Cytotec is a prostaglandin that encourages gastric emptying and the growth of the mucosa. It took 6 weeks for my horses ulcers to go amd 3 months to see a proper improvement.