Has anyone ordered omeprazole from ponymeds.com?

[Jumper21]

Just wondering if it worked to help heal your horses ulcers.

Thanks!

[dab]

I've ordered the pills from there -- I found the loading dose worked about as well as the maintenance dose of UlcerGard --

Now I use a daily supplement that works better on my horse and is a bit less expensive, and I give UlcerGard at the maintenance dose level for 4 days when I trailer him --

I like that the Pony Meds pills are individually sealed -- I've gotten compounded omeprazole from my vet that comes in 12 dose syringes, and I'm concerned that may lose its potency, especially if I don't finish the tube ASAP --

I believe that whatever it is that they do to buffer UlcerGard/GastroGard really does make it more effective than the other forms of omeprazole -- However, the best price I've found is about $30/tube, which puts it at over $2700/year for the maintenance dose -- Now I'm spending about $1000/yr on the supplement and probably between $300 and $450 per year for UlcerGard when we trailer --

[kwilhide]

Dab -

What supplement do you use??

Thanks! :)

[Auventera Two]

http://www.glequinewellness.com/pdfs/proceedings_compounding.pdf

Stuff to think about when considering compounded omeprazole. In particular read Page 4, "Drug Compounding."

I would not feel safe giving unlicensed, unapproved, and unregulated compounded drugs to my horse.

Also: From a statement issued by the AAEP regarding compounded drugs:
One should not assume compounded drugs are consistent from one batch to another, contain the stated amount of drug substance or the desired drug substance, or are safe and efficacious for the intended use.

http://www.glequinewellness.com/pdfs/drug_compounding_guidelines.pdf

Drugs are strictly regulated, inspected, and licensed for a REASON. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. I'm all for GENERICS, but COMPOUNDED drugs are NOT generics.

[Jumper21]

[QUOTE=dab;3800191]
Now I use a daily supplement that works better on my horse and is a bit less expensive, and I give UlcerGard at the maintenance dose level for 4 days when I trailer him --


I believe that whatever it is that they do to buffer UlcerGard/GastroGard really does make it more effective than the other forms of omeprazole -- However, the best price I've found is about $30/tubeQUOTE]

Hey Dab,

What supplement do you use and where did you find ulcergard for $30/tube?

Thanks

[Auventera Two]

www.discountpetdrugs.com (http://www.discountpetdrugs.com) Ulcergard for $29.99 and free shipping over $100.

[FolsomBlues]

I used the omeprazole from ponymeds.com and it worked great. It is not compounded, as it states on their homepage, it is simply a generic. I would recommend them.

[Eventer55]

Has anyone tried the human omeprazole from Ponymeds? It's supposed to be the same thing. If it works on humans , it would work on horses I think. Omeprazole is omeprazole except for the carrier.

[Altamont Sport Horses]

I have purchased from PonyMeds. My horse was on Ranitidine for 1 week then on UG for 9 days and now on the PonyMeds Omeprazole for only three or four days. He appears to be feeling better since starting the Ranitidine and that continued with the UG. He is eating the Omeprazole from PonyMeds in his feed and I've been giving him a bit more than suggested for his weight assuming that he might drop one in the bedding or chew some up which makes them less effective. I'll be watching to see if he reverts to feeling bad in which case I would think that PonyMeds wasn't working for him.

I have cut the feed back quite a bit and he was already getting some alfalfa. He is a 2 year old and started looking crummy last year after we went to some shows. He's very laid back but started showing stress. Even though his feed is cut back now he isn't losing or gaining weight. But when I measured him yesterday he had grown another 1/2" so I guess he's putting the nutrition into growth.

[YiaYia]

I had a very successful experience ordering omeprazole from ponymeds.com. It is a bit of trouble: The tablets have to be ground up and that's a task because of the coating on them. A small coffee grinder did the trick, but it takes a few minutes to grind up the pills. Then we mixed them in a variety of substances to see which worked best: milk, molasses, corn syrup. We sucked that up into a big syringe and tried to get it into her mouth. My mare rejected them all. Finally, we mixed it in with her feed and she did didn't seem to notice. The pills have a bitter taste that is hard to override. Still, the cost was so much less than ordering the compound already mixed and in syringes. It was worth it, even with all the trouble.

[Simkie]

I used the omeprazole from ponymeds.com and it worked great. It is not compounded, as it states on their homepage, it is simply a generic. I would recommend them.

It's a "generic" of PEOPLE omeprazole. NOT of Gastrogard. There is a difference.

I had a very successful experience ordering omeprazole from ponymeds.com. It is a bit of trouble: The tablets have to be ground up and that's a task because of the coating on them. A small coffee grinder did the trick, but it takes a few minutes to grind up the pills. Then we mixed them in a variety of substances to see which worked best: milk, molasses, corn syrup. We sucked that up into a big syringe and tried to get it into her mouth. My mare rejected them all. Finally, we mixed it in with her feed and she did didn't seem to notice. The pills have a bitter taste that is hard to override. Still, the cost was so much less than ordering the compound already mixed and in syringes. It was worth it, even with all the trouble.

And you really, really want to keep that enteric coating INTACT. Omeprazole is quickly broken down by stomach acid. The coating on the pills gets it through the stomach environment. If you're grinding the pills, you might as well be throwing your money away. Or giving the compounded omeprazole powder available in the US from pharmacies like myprecisionpharmacy.com

[RacetrackReject]

I cant' get into the ponymeds website. It says I'm not authorized or some such. Anyone else have a problem with it?

[Roomfor2]

Can't get into Ponymeds.com. Anyone no anywhere else to buy the omeprazole?

Never mind - I found elsewhere.

[pixie]

I have used these pills on 2 different horses (yes the pills were ground up and inserted in feed). BOTH horses recovered from their ulcers fully at a fraction of the cost of gastroguard. I would definately use it again, in fact I have plenty on hand for trailering, etc...

[RockinHorse]

Did your vet tell you specifically that your horse needs 1/4 dose of Ulcergard for the rest of his life? My horse's ulcers were pretty severe, and bleeding. There were 5 vets doing scopes the day Sweets was done, and they all agreed that there was no need to continue with daily doses for the rest of a horse's life after they were diagnosed with ulcers. They said this is commonly recommended, but in their experience, they've seen VERY few horses that needed that. They told me to increase the amount of alfalfa she eats, use a good acid buffer used daily, possibly a probiotic, and to use Ulcergard whenever we trailer or the stress level is increased.




This is very similar to the advice I got from my vets.