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Discussion on Link between ulcers and epilepsy?
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Posted on Thursday, Jun 27, 2002 - 1:53 pm:
Just a question ... I saw an ad for GastrAid, an ulcer treatment (it didn't say what the active ingredients were). In the product description, it said that it "works by affecting the neurotransmitters that stimulate blood flow to the stomach."
Can a chemical affect *particular* neurotransmitters in the horse without affecting others? This may be a stretch, but would using something like this may contraindicated in a horse with a seizure disorder, since he already has something wrong with the way his neurotransmitters ask?
My gelding has been plagued with ulcers off and on for a couple years now. He's also the one who we believe to have a seizure disorder. When I saw the ad for GastrAid, I wondered if there might be a link between the two problems, and maybe I'm exacerbating one when I treat the other.
(Incidentally, he's doing OK at the moment on "city" water, taurine and MSM -- but he's been off his hay and grain the last couple days so I'm wondering if his ulcer is flaring up again)
Kandace
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Posted on Friday, Jun 28, 2002 - 6:47 am:
Hello Kandace,
The question about an unidentified chemical and its effect on a poorly defined condition means that almost anything I say will be without meaning for your specific case. In general however there are no drugs and that includes herbals that have effects that are so targeted that they effect only one tissue or organ.
I don't know any basis for thinking that treating gastric ulcers could worsen seizure activity but careful record keeping should reveal a pattern.
DrO
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