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| Have a few questions~ Is pentosan helpful for an aged performance horse? Duration in the system? Any info would be helpful. Thanks in advance! |
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| YES!!!! I LOVE pentosan!! I use it on a mare that broke her coffin bone through the joint at 5yrs old and my 1D guy that has SI issues. It completely changed the way they run. WAY more fire power in the arena and smooth during warm ups. My vet said since my horses are hauled so much that I need to redo every 2 months but whatever lol if it works, then im sticking to it! Love it!!  |
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| I did loading plus Monthly, sometimes an additional dose before a big race weekend. |
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Location: MS | FLITASTIC - 2015-04-20 3:00 PM
I did loading plus Monthly, sometimes an additional dose before a big race weekend.
How far out did you give before a weekend race? |
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Location: Desert Land | I love it, I call it my little miracle product. I usually start to see results after the 2nd or 3rd shot of the loading dose (1x a week for 4 weeks). Then I just do the once a month unless the horse seems like it needs more. |
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Location: Texas | Do any of you get your Pentosan from HorsePreRace.com? They seem to be the cheapest place to get it. Are they reputable? What about their omeprazole paste? |
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Location: Kansas | TBone - 2015-04-20 2:33 PM
Do any of you get your Pentosan from HorsePreRace.com? They seem to be the cheapest place to get it. Are they reputable? What about their omeprazole paste?
This is where I get man. Very speedy service and have been happy with them. |
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Location: Desert Land | TBone - 2015-04-20 1:33 PM Do any of you get your Pentosan from HorsePreRace.com? They seem to be the cheapest place to get it. Are they reputable? What about their omeprazole paste?
This is where I have bought it from most of the time. They're reputable and the products are great. I have also bought their omeprazole paste and really like it. |
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Location: MS | HarlanLivesOn - 2015-04-20 3:36 PM
TBone - 2015-04-20 2:33 PM
Do any of you get your Pentosan from HorsePreRace.com? They seem to be the cheapest place to get it. Are they reputable? What about their omeprazole paste?
This is where I get man. Very speedy service and have been happy with them.
I just order the Pentosan gold from them last Thursday and got it today. So, very fast shipping. |
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| Bought from them and received in a few days. Giving my 2nd loading dose today.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have bought 2 bottles from them, just got my 2nd today. I have done loading dose on a 35+ pony, 22 yr old gelding that my boys ride. I just started my 8yr old that broke his pelvis a couple yrs ago. Hope it keeps him sound. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | For those that use this, do you still inject? I have a mare that has been off for almost 2 years. I really need to get her hock x-rayed. She worked after injections 3 years ago and the first part of 2013 but then just would not run after that. I really want to try this but is it something you use along with injections to pro-long them? |
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Location: Jersey Girl | Yes I still injected with pentosan. |
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Location: TN | I still have to inject mine. But only about HALF as much as I did before I put him on it. Great great stuff!! |
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| DashNSpeckles - 2015-04-20 1:15 PM
FLITASTIC - 2015-04-20 3:00 PM
I did loading plus Monthly, sometimes an additional dose before a big race weekend.
How far out did you give before a weekend race?
3 days. It is a blood thinner and my horse has allergies so if by chance he ever did bleed I don't want that to make it worse |
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| FLITASTIC - 2015-04-20 11:39 PM
DashNSpeckles - 2015-04-20 1:15 PM
FLITASTIC - 2015-04-20 3:00 PM
I did loading plus Monthly, sometimes an additional dose before a big race weekend.
How far out did you give before a weekend race?
3 days. It is a blood thinner and my horse has allergies so if by chance he ever did bleed I don't want that to make it worse
One open horse we have has allergies too and he has bled before....i'm scared of pentosan for these reasons...I've given it but i'm not crazy about constant use of it. I'd rather pay more for the piece of mind. |
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Location: MS | FLITASTIC - 2015-04-20 10:39 PM
DashNSpeckles - 2015-04-20 1:15 PM
FLITASTIC - 2015-04-20 3:00 PM
I did loading plus Monthly, sometimes an additional dose before a big race weekend.
How far out did you give before a weekend race?
3 days. It is a blood thinner and my horse has allergies so if by chance he ever did bleed I don't want that to make it worse
Thanks. I was thinking 3 days as well. My horse is 19 & never bled before but I don't want to take any chances. |
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Location: Texas | Just had my horse injected two weeks ago. I am thinking now would be a good time to start him on the Pentosan to hopefully maintain and extend the time before having to inject joints again. Is this logical thinking?
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| And its an RX correct? I cant just order it myself? Wondering how receptive my vet will be to doing this for me.
AND one last question..hes about 1100 lbs...so how many CCs should he get? How often as a loading dose? And after how long should I decrease and to how many CCs? I need it in elementary school directions lol.
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Location: Texas | Don't think you need a prescription to order from Horseprerace.com |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Trippin - 2015-04-21 7:18 AM And its an RX correct? I cant just order it myself? Wondering how receptive my vet will be to doing this for me. AND one last question..hes about 1100 lbs...so how many CCs should he get? How often as a loading dose? And after how long should I decrease and to how many CCs? I need it in elementary school directions lol.
LOL I did too so I called them. I was told 6 cc's once a week for 4 weeks. And then you can go to once a month 6cc's. My gelding weighs around 1100 too. I am also giving to a pony that is 600-700# and he said to give 3cc's to him. And no prescription if ordered from http://horseprerace.com/index.php? |
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| NO need for script from horseprerace THats where I get mine. I give 5cc dose to my 1000 pound horse and 6cc to my larger 1200+ pound monster. |
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| How many doses are in the 50ml bottle of pentosan gold? |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | KMP - 2015-04-21 11:22 AM How many doses are in the 50ml bottle of pentosan gold?
Divide 50 by the amount you're giving in each dose. |
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| I guess one ml does equal one cc...i knew that already. I need a do over today!  |
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| Why do you guys prefer the Gold over the Platinum? I see where the Platinum has HA in it and the Gold didnt. Just trying to get educated! |
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| sourkiss378 - 2015-04-21 9:49 AM
Why do you guys prefer the Gold over the Platinum? I see where the Platinum has HA in it and the Gold didnt. Just trying to get educated!
Ive given the platinum IV before but its a single use vial so you have to give a pretty large dose. I saw no difference in results between that and the gold so I just stick to gold. |
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Location: NC | Does anyone use it as maintenance on horses before they have joint issues? Or is it more so for problems that have already flared up? |
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| hlynn - 2015-04-21 9:55 AM
Does anyone use it as maintenance on horses before they have joint issues? Or is it more so for problems that have already flared up?
I give it to my 4 year old who has no known issues so its preventative. What I did with him is do the 7 dose loading of adequan and now he gets pentosan monthly.. Adequan and pentosan work differently but well together. I will continue the adequan load once a year with pentosan monthly. |
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| hlynn - 2015-04-21 12:55 PM
Does anyone use it as maintenance on horses before they have joint issues? Or is it more so for problems that have already flared up?
futurity trainers regularly give it before big shows....it will quicken one up bc they are not hurting, whether you can recognize them being sore or not if the horse gets out of the 4D and uses himself he is sore somewhere just like you get sore working out sometimes.
Aged open horses it can be the difference in .4 or winning the whole 1D.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | KMP - 2015-04-21 11:44 AM I guess one ml does equal one cc...i knew that already. I need a do over today!
Haha! We all have those days. I was trying to be subtle in my smartassery just in case you were honestly that dumb. |
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| My brain is in meltdown for real. Today I am just that dumb! I got the Plat and it looks like the tiny print on the label is 18ml. Yeah I didnt not order the right amount ugh! |
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Location: Texas | Since I just had my horse's stifles injected two weeks ago, do you think I would still need to do the loading dose of 1 dose/week for 4 weeks, or could I maybe just go monthly? Or do you think it is better to just start with the loading dose anyways. |
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| TBone - 2015-04-21 11:29 AM
Since I just had my horse's stifles injected two weeks ago, do you think I would still need to do the loading dose of 1 dose/week for 4 weeks, or could I maybe just go monthly? Or do you think it is better to just start with the loading dose anyways.
Pentosan works on the joints differently than directly injecting. I would go ahead and do the loading dose to get the medication into the system then monthly. |
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