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Discussion on Dosage Recommendation & Online Source for Pectin & Lecithin
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New Member:
cpaddock
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Posted on Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - 12:15 am:
Hi Dr. O,
Just wanted to let you know I have found a recommendation for the daily dosage of the Pectin & Lecithin treatment (for horses over 16hh):
1 tbsp Pectin
1 cup Lecithin
Also, I buy them in bulk from www.nutsonline.com. They have the best per pound pricing I have been able to find, and reasonable shipping rates.
I am starting my anxious, cribbing 5 yo TB on it, and will let you know if it works for him.
Carolyn
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - 8:07 am:
Carolyn have you weighed this mixture? It strikes me that unless the lecithin is very heavy this would not equal the recommended dosage weight of the supplement in the article.
DrO
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cpaddock
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Posted on Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - 2:16 pm:
Hi Dr. O,
No, I ordered the powders last night, so they are currently in the mail. They should arrive this Friday, so I will weigh the mixture and let you know.
Carolyn
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cpaddock
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Posted on Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - 11:42 pm:
Hi Dr. O,
I have found some more research on the effectiveness of pectin and lecithin, and thought you would find this article interesting:
https://www.sbsequine.com/report3.pdf
Carolyn
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cpaddock
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Posted on Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 - 1:40 am:
Hi Dr. O,
I received the pectin and lecithin powders in the mail, and you were right, the above dosage recommendation does not weigh enough. Since I have a 500kg horse, according to the article I need to feed him about 250g of the mixture per day. So I doubled the earlier recommendation to 2 cups lecithin and 2 tbsp pectin, and it weighs just about 250g. I will keep you updated on how my horse reacts to this mixture.
One question: should I feed this mixture indefinitely, or is it more like GastroGard where you only have to feed it until it seems the ulcers are healed?
Thanks!
Carolyn
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cpaddock
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Posted on Friday, Jan 13, 2012 - 12:52 am:
An update: I have had my horse on 2 cups of Lecithin and 2 tbsp of Pectin for about 2 months now. He no longer bites at his belly, which was the main reason why I thought he had ulcers. He still remains rather anxious, but he is a young Thoroughbred so it's probably not related to the ulcers. Also, he still attempts to crib (despite the cribbing collar), but I have decided that is just a bad habit he will never give up. In conclusion, I do think using these powders at these amounts worked to help relieve my horse of ulcers (I can't say if they healed the ulcers without an endoscope exam). I plan on continuing to give them to my horse indefinitely.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 - 12:21 pm:
Hello Carolyn,
Somehow I missed your previous questions. If you believe that he is susceptible to ulcers I certainly would continue there use while in a ulcer-genic environment. When turned out and not stressed you could consider weaning him off. I think there may be a number of explanations for the change like insect bite sensitivities might resolve in the winter but we will have to wait for the spring/summer to see if it returns if this is the case.
DrO
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New Member:
moxshi
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 10, 2015 - 1:05 pm:
Are you able to update us on your horse's condition? Has there been any continued improvement in this horse of yours, Carolyn?
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gramsey1
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 11, 2015 - 5:22 pm:
One of our guys had two bouts of colic, and they found ulcers, perhaps unrelated. We treated with Ulcer Guard and as we weaned him off the Guard we used the Lecithin - pectin as a support treatment. He did not colic a third time and has been free since. I don't know if it helped or not. But, it did not hurt.
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