Succeed for ulcers. Reviews please

[Notimetoride]

As title. Thanks

 

[Notimetoride]

Oh dear, has no one used Succeed ?

 

[fairyclare]

Yup, its good - it doesn't treat ulcers though - it supports the hind gut and helps the hind gut deal with the ulcer treatment.
It is also useful for supporting the hind gut in times of stress and change.

 

[Notimetoride]

its not for treating them - she's had the course of gastrogard and re-scoped clear, but needing a follow up supplement now to jeep her tummy happy. But it's fairly expensive so I'm interested to find out if it's worth the pennies 😊

 

[fairyclare]

Ah, you thread title suggested it may be for treating them.

Yes, out is well worth it IMO, if you are insured you can claim it back on the insurance as it is usually recommended by the vet.

 

[Notimetoride]

Really ? Claim was just (thankfully) accepted by the ins co so I'll speak to the vet

 

[Notimetoride]

Yes I didn't word the title very well did I

 

[fairyclare]

I have had 2 pots and a month of syringes from the vet, all paid for on the insurance - ours was a rather lengthy digestive inflammation with ulcers thrown in as a curve ball at the start.
All sorted now, I am on my last month of succeed but if need be, I will continue on it and would pay for it when the insurance runs out.

 

[Notimetoride]

Has your horse shown improvement with it ?

 

[fairyclare]

It has supported her hind gut through a month of Peptizole and nearly 6 months of steroids - yes, I think it has helped her and I will retest with the succeed faecel test before I take her off it.

 

[Notimetoride]

Anyone else used Succeed (someone must have)

 

[Ferna]

Yes - I have used the succeed test, I’d suspected for about a year that my horse had a problem with her stomach. I’d requested the test through my vets but they didn’t want to supply me with one, they would rather scope. I didn’t want invasive scoping done at this point. I managed to get hold of a test kit from a friend that had been to an event where they were giving them away. Following bouts of colic I decided to use succeed as a process of elimination I used the test and it tested negative. It was 100 % correct. My horse went in for surgery for a huge Lipoma attached to her intestine and no signs of ulcers anywhere. I’d highly recommend one. Not only did it save me scoping, it would help anyone decide if scoping was necessary once the presence of ulcers had been confirmed.

 

[SEL]

Yes - for 3 months after her ulcer drugs finished. Then decided l-glutamine was cheaper and she's pretty much stayed on that since. I notice when I run out.