calekio
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Post by calekio on Jan 1, 2013 10:47:53 GMT 1
may has decided she can't eat anything but alfalfa pellets... Problem is.. Its differicult to hide the above drugs in pellets! So thinking it will have to all go down her throat! However.. Can you effectively just leave cut up metformin & pergolide in water to disolve over night/during day without it causing a problem to the effectiveness of the drug?? i do actually do that already with the metformin and always wondered if it was a problem or not??
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Post by fallenangel on Jan 1, 2013 11:22:50 GMT 1
I used to crush the tablet between 2 supplement scoops and then add water. I had to syringe Briar's or he just wouldn't eat it  |
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Post by calekio on Jan 1, 2013 12:22:48 GMT 1
See I can't get the metformin to crush!! Lol
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Post by specialized on Jan 1, 2013 13:14:25 GMT 1
I dissolve prascend, it takes no more than a couple of minutes and no need to crush - don't know about metformin, could you use a pestle and mortar to crush? Can't see how it would change the effectiveness as it will dissolve in the stomach.
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Post by calekio on Jan 1, 2013 13:52:49 GMT 1
Well thats my main concern as to weather it would change the effectiveness... yes must admit figured out pergolide disolves quickly when i've put it in the fast fibre... i also need too add the synequin too.. lol she's just going to have everything medication/supplement wise all in a syringe and down her throat! lol
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Post by calekio on Jan 1, 2013 13:53:43 GMT 1
Oh i tried crushing metformin in a proper pill crusher as well.. even split into 4 first.. still not easy! lol The fact the metformin doesn't disolve quickly i suppose explains a lot... lol
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Post by taklishim on Jan 1, 2013 14:57:40 GMT 1
metformin dissolves in water but takes around 2 hours. Crushing it is nigh on impossible. I fed metformin 3 times a day and used to put one lot on to dissolve at the same time as I syringed the dissolved tablets. That way you always have the next lot ready.
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Post by ladyndibs on Jan 1, 2013 16:34:01 GMT 1
I dissolve prascend, it takes no more than a couple of minutes and no need to crush - don't know about metformin, could you use a pestle and mortar to crush? Can't see how it would change the effectiveness as it will dissolve in the stomach. Metformin doesn't always dissolve in the stomach, well not a humans  |
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Post by ☼ WIZARD ☼ on Jan 1, 2013 18:57:50 GMT 1
my friend says they fit nicely in the middle of a sugar free polo?
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Post by calekio on Jan 1, 2013 22:15:34 GMT 1
Lol may is very talanted at spitting things out!! lol
Well.. i discovered that when you disolve pergolide in with metformin.. it turned into a bit of a paste!! lol how very strange!
See i find metformin doesn't disolve in 2hrs... well.. least not none that i've tried when i've forgotten!! lol not competely anyway!
So thats the metformin and pergolide down her throat.. but the anemia supplement & synequin... next issues!! lol
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Post by rrosie on Jan 4, 2013 9:43:15 GMT 1
Hiya, Jade has 4 Metformin, morning and evening. We put 4 each into 2 jamjars half full of water, one for the following morning breakfast and one for following day tea as they take ages to dissolve. We then use the liquid to damp her feed (a mugful of safe and sound with her other additives). If we forget for any reason I use a pair of hoof pincers to chop them in to tiny chunks which she will also eat mixed with the feed but it is a dangerous operation for me and I keep nipping my fingers  . Almost impossible to crush! No experience with other tablets yet as these seem to work well for her. Rrx |
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. Almost impossible to crush!