Mag Ox for IR

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After reading about magnesium oxide, on here, for insulin resistant ponies I gave it a go. I am aware it could just be a coincidence but my pony is doing really well on it. I went through the loading period and we are on a maintenance dose now. What I want to know is do you keep them on it all the time or does she have a break from it? This time last year she was very close to being pts. She was very poorly and her insulin reading was over 900. Vet said it should be about 20. She had to go on Metformin to bring the reading down which it did. She came off it over Christmas and is on mag ox now. Her insulin is under 100 now, a touch high but she is happy. Vet said no need to go on Metformin unless it keeps going up. She is on Prascend for Cushing's as well. Thanks to everyone on here that brought my attention to may ox. :-)
 
I would keep feeding it. Try cinnamon too, some successful studies have been done on human diabetics.
 
I feed magox all year round because I know my land is short of it. But my lot eat haylage grown off the same land, it depends on whether your forage is short as well. Can't harm to continue all year, any excess gets excreted anyway and it isn't expensive stuff.
 
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