Uninsured with ulcers, what are my options..

[dianchi]

Anyone know whats in Rite Track? Hate it when its not mentioned anywhere.

Gastro guard has omeprazole as its active ingredient 'it is a proton pump inhibitor' which suppresses gastric acid secretion by a specific biochemical pathway. Thats why you feed it on an empty stomach and this gives the ulcer healing time.

gastro plus says its cinnamon, ginger, schisandra. licorice and turmeric along with various vits, provits, and amino acids.

I would call saracens and ask them, they are always v helpful!

 

[Hen]

Anyone know whats in Rite Track? Hate it when its not mentioned anywhere.

Gastro guard has omeprazole as its active ingredient 'it is a proton pump inhibitor' which suppresses gastric acid secretion by a specific biochemical pathway. Thats why you feed it on an empty stomach and this gives the ulcer healing time.

gastro plus says its cinnamon, ginger, schisandra. licorice and turmeric along with various vits, provits, and amino acids.

RiteTrac includes protected sodium bicarbonate and is designed to protect the entire digestive tract rather than to treat ulcers specifically; I can't remember the composition right off the top of my head but I had a great explanation from KER when I queried whether I should be using RiteTrac or Equishure, extract as follows: "it is a blend of antacids, coating agents and EquiShure. The antacids and coating agents are aimed at buffering the acid in the stomach in the prevention (but not treatment) of gastric ulcers, while the coating agents are designed to provide a protective coating on any existing gastric ulcers, preventing excess acid exposure and allowing the ulcers to heal."

 

[vanrim]

I would love to know who your trimmer is. He seems genuinely more clued up than most vets.

Also does anyone else know anything about the link between mudfever and ulcers... My trimmer who is a fountain of knowledge commented a while back that mudfever and sarcoids are basically indications that the gut / hind gut not working as well as they should. I've not heard this before, my horse in the last year has had sarcoids treated and also suffered mudfever this winter

 

[brucea]

One of mine had ulcers

We did not use Omeprazole, I have Barretts oesophagus myself and used omeprazole and it's really not a great drug. It's not that effective and causes gut pain

We used (on me and horse) a mix of chamomile, meadowsweet, mallow and slippery elm powder.

 

[Milkmaid]

I manage my (uninsured)pony with ulcers on a (now) permanent dose of Ranitidine (as advised by the vet) after I weaned him off and the symptoms/colic returned along with a £500 vet bill for two visits in a week with blood tests.
Costs about 60p a day.
He also is completely intolerant to all cereals, beet, molasses & alfalfa (makes him footy) and won't eat large amounts of linseed. He's a complete feeding nightmare.
Thank goodness for Agrobs & Equijewel.
He has arthritic changes, as is often the case with ulcer horses, they go hand in hand :-/ He can't have bute else he's crook within days so we have to use other pain meds if he needs it.