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Location: Sunny So Cal | Geez!!! Learned so much on this thread! I think I will just stick to THE GastroPLUS |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Cowgirl Kat - 2015-06-22 10:30 AM Geez!!! Learned so much on this thread! I think I will just stick to THE GastroPLUS
LOL me too!! I at least know the quality of the ingredients and that it is all a legit company. |
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Location: Missouri | I have used omprezole from Horseprerace several times and each time it has improved the ulcer symptoms of the horse I treated. |
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Location: Winging It in KY | merdth6 - 2015-06-22 10:36 AM I don't care to get into all the political mumbo jumbo with this thread. I was just curious if anyone had used it and what they thought of the product. I think it's terrble that FDA approved products need to be so expensive. Ulcers in horses I think are a huge factor when they are being competed on. It should not cost an arm and leg to make them feel better. So if anyone else has used this product I would love to hear the outcome. I try to do the best possible for my horses to make them feel good and be taken care of, but I also need to follow a budget. Thanks to all of those that have replied.
I just ordered some omeprazole from them last week and received it on Saturday. Will start it in the next few days. I will try to remember to post back and let you know how it works. I know other people that I show with that have used it and have had good success. |
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Location: Central Texas | I have used the pentosan from there and noticed a big difference in my horses, haven't used the omeprazole yet. I have given the osteophos without any bad side effects at injection time but of course it's way to early to see if it is legit and will help him. |
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Location: IL | cuckleburr - 2015-06-22 2:42 PM merdth6 - 2015-06-22 10:36 AM I don't care to get into all the political mumbo jumbo with this thread. I was just curious if anyone had used it and what they thought of the product. I think it's terrble that FDA approved products need to be so expensive. Ulcers in horses I think are a huge factor when they are being competed on. It should not cost an arm and leg to make them feel better. So if anyone else has used this product I would love to hear the outcome. I try to do the best possible for my horses to make them feel good and be taken care of, but I also need to follow a budget. Thanks to all of those that have replied. I just ordered some omeprazole from them last week and received it on Saturday. Will start it in the next few days. I will try to remember to post back and let you know how it works. I know other people that I show with that have used it and have had good success.
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | Just got mine today and will start tonight. Hopefully will have something to report later in the week. |
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Location: South Central Florida | Had our mare scoped for free at a clinic given By GastroGuard at our Vet's office. She had 2 grade 2 ulcers and 2 other "areas" of white. They wanted me to give Ulcerguard/Gastroguard for 28 days, then half the tube for 2 more weeks, then 1 week of 1/4 tube a day. At the prices it would have been about $2000. I really want to use the brand name but I did not have the money.
I bought 6 tubes of Ulcerguard, was given 2 by the company, a friend gave me 2 she got with a coupon and then I purchased the rest from Horseprerace. I did the brand name until it ran out, then went to the omeprazol from them and at 2 months paid to have her scoped again and found no ulcers.
I thought it worked, but it could have been the brand name. I try to buy the brand name as often as possible but we give it daily on the road so sometimes I buy from then. The product is almost identical, but is thinner and you have to be careful if your giving a partial tube...it will run out where the Gastro/Ulcerguard are thick and work better.
I am torn. I think the producers of these medications are forced to spend millions to get their products to market legally....and I think that is a gigantic part of the problem, not the "greedy" pharmacitucal companies...I think it's the greedy government. Because of that, they are forced to price their products high. Add to that there is little over site to the cheeters (who I have admitedly supported with my dollars) that undercut their legit profit.
HOWEVER, If I had to pay full price for things like that, I probably could not afford to keep this horse on the road and winning.
Some of the things on that site actually kind of scare me...I can't imagine putting some of it into my horse! But in my opinion the Omeprazol worked.
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| Douglas J Gordon - 2015-06-22 10:04 AM
astreakinchic - 2015-06-20 10:27 PM company is sketchy...used them for years (they have two names...same ppl) any who their quality has gotten worse and things were misspelled on the last vial of pentosan we ordered and I don't think it was the same potency....won't use them again because there is probably a good reason for that cheaper price, like your not actually getting what they say it is Precision pharmacy CA omeprazole/ranitidine paste for $11.95 a tube. Google it, you just need a script from your vet. It is the same stuff Dr. Ford and many other vets buy from and slap their label across. It is one of the strictest protocols for generics out there...just make sure you can ship to your state.
Precision is the west coast version of the illegal compounding company Wedgewood! That is all Precision does is make illegal products. They know the state of California has no money to investigate them and the FDA is slow to do anything. Therefore they make millions in the mean time!
LOL Wedgewood is not an illegal compounder. In fact, they are one of the few who are PCAB accredited and also work with many states board of pharmacies regarding many laws that Vets face while prescribing.
The issue with compounded omeprazole is that Merial holds a patent on it therefore many pharmacies received a cease and disist letter. Similar to the reason you can not find compounded Adequan.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I thought the patent was expired. |
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| It did expire in early April of this year, most warning letters were sent prior to then. |
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