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Lindsay
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 Posted - 18 Apr 2011 : 6:29:59 PM
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Poor Sylvie has been diagnosed with a chronic respiratory tract infection (cause unknown)and the vet has her on antibiotics and ventipulmin. does anyone have any experience with ventipulmin as I have never used it before!
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Pashon2001
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Posted - 18 Apr 2011 : 6:43:01 PM
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| One of my mares used to have it, she had it long term, more or less depending on time of year and what was pollinating. It acts by opening the airways to allow easier breathing. Same as an inhaler in asthmatic people. It can be used on any horse but pregnant mares have to stop taking it when they are due to foal. Sheba took it for years with no side effects. |
     
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basbob
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France
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Posted - 18 Apr 2011 : 9:00:52 PM
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Thought we'd have to go that way this year as the late winter-spring cough got worse and kind of phlegmy.
My friend, a nurse, uses lipsalve to line her nostrils at night as she has sinus problems - I use Vicks as I always have a blocked nose at night too. Tried this on my mare as a last resort before visiting the vets and hey presto she's much better. Seems dust mites might be her issue too!
Good luck with the ventipulmin!
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Suelin
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England
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Posted - 18 Apr 2011 : 11:21:26 PM
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| My boy had a drastic reaction to Ventipulmin. The effect seemed to be cumulative. He was okay the first dose and then when he had the second within minutes he was standing in a puddle of his own sweat!!!! It was quite scary especially when the vet said that he might go on to colic. I spent that night walking and scraping the sweat off him until it all seemed to settle down. He never had it again after that. He had to have inhalers after that in very small doses until we got his breathing under control. He hasn't had medication now for some years after I adjusted his management which sorted the problem. |
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zebedeedeb
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England
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Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 08:09:16 AM
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| my old endurance lad was given it about 20 yrs ago when he developed wheezing and coughing after a long ride,, they thought he had copd but it turned out to be some sort of virus he picked up at the venue,, he was on it for about 3 months with no side effects , he is now 31 and still going strong ,,, it def worked for us,, deb |
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pinkvboots
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 09:00:44 AM
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| Arabi had it a few months ago as he had a virus and it affected all his airways, he also broke out in a sweat but only on his neck, I turned up one morning and saw his neck sweaty and thought it was colic, but after reading the tub sweating on the neck is a side affect it only happened the once and he was on it for 10 days, very good stuff but is not cheap if they have to have it everyday. |
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Pasha
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England
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Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 09:31:23 AM
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| Shesky had it at the beginning of 2010 for Bronchitis - he needed 2 bottles to fully clear it up, but worked a treat and no side effects. Can't remember him being on it very long. Definately weeks, not months x |
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jackiedo
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England
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Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 11:10:45 AM
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| One of my rescue ponies had pneumonia and other problems and he went on to make a full recovery on ventapulmin. Not to be used around pregnant women though I think |
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Vik1
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Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 1:01:10 PM
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| My 2nd pony had COPD and had a couple of bad phases when we had to use ventapulmin. It worked great. I only used it when it was needed tho as most of the time you would never of thought he had COPD. |
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gossy
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England
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Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 1:52:19 PM
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| i have used ventapulmin, my pony who is 24years young this year has suffered from breathing difficulties brought on by pollen originally,(now COPD) she is off ventapulmin as i now use winergy ventilate every day, much cheaper and i have found that her breathing has improved more dramatically than when on ventapulmen |
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