For those of you who have no grass in winter, do you keep feeding the insulinwise ? Horse is otherwise on low sugar (tested) hay with a ration balancer. On grass in summer with grazing muzzle hence the insulin wise.
Yes I have. My vet told me to keep them on it year round even while doing other measures to lower the insulin levels. However Iām seriously considering stopping it for one of mine (I have 2 on it) as he was started on steglatro. I have mine tested every 3-4 months and I really am not sure of itās effectiveness at this point. Any improvement Iāve seen seemed to be related to soaking and med changes, not the IW but vet still wants me to continue with it.
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My IR pony has decided she wonāt eat the Insulin Wise anymore. She ate it for months with no problems but now wonāt touch her feed if the IW is in it. Not sure if it helped or notā¦poniesā¦go figure.
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We started one on it in the summer (no grass in summer, grass just started coming in now) on our vetās recommendation. So yes, we give it in the dry season.
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Mine is on it year round.
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I have one that wonāt touch it any more. I have another on it year round. I, too, wonder about effectiveness but Iām afraid to stop.
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I had my older IR mare on Metaboleeze for several months this year, after a course of Thyro-L to help her lose weight. She did well on it but this fall was dropping weight so we pulled her off it. Metaboleeze is what my vet recommended. Itās a mineral supplement mostly and one of the few with the clinical level of chromium.
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Iām also afraid to stop. Mini was down to 50 from 77 with 1/2 steglatro and last week he was increased to a full dose. If at the next blood draw he is normal, I think I will stop it. Itās expensive to have 2 on it along with their other pills.
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Iām curious about your dosage of Steglatro. Is yours a 15 mg pill? We used it this summer and the weight fell off of him (Iām thinking of trying itš). Heās not on it now; Iām still quite curious about the dose. I purchased ot through Good RX which helped a bit.
Heās a mini so they started him on 2.5mg. He now on 5mg which is the standard mini dose. I think it may be too much for him, heās peeing A LOT and he is really amped up. He always was a hot one but wowza, heās back to his colthood 
. The vet said this is good, but she doesnāt have to deal with him! My pharmacy wonāt take the GoodRX coupon for steglatro because heās a āpetā (but they will take it for his other stuff).
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Thank you!
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I donāt feed it, but there is evidence that shows there is a natural seasonal rise in insulin from Dec-Feb, so even though there is no grass, Iād keep using it.
Going to test my guy soon to see if he needs to go back on canagliflozin for winter, though my vet was still pleased with the look of his neck at fall vaccine time. Heās not at his lightest at the moment, but heās still at least 75 pounds lighter than his heaviest.
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Iāve read this too. My horse tested positive for PPID and IR this spring. The Prascend brought the insulin down some but not enough, so my vet put him on Insulinwise. Iām keeping him on it through the winter.
