RE: RE: eye ointments

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Another web-search and viola!  It's even from a
South African index!  I'm pretty sure that it's
the same tube that treats humans, dogs, pigs, cats,
and horses!  Yes, it takes a looooong time to heal.
Don't give up medicating 3-4x a day until you see
some improvement. Yes, it is tedious and worrisome.
I'm with you on all that.  I would wake up in the
middle of the night, go through all my veterinary
books and imagine all the worst case stuff.  There
is plenty of worst case pictures to feed anyone's
nightmares!  Just keep with it.  After a couple
of weeks, the vet came out and "debrided" the
eye and then suggested that I call the veterinary
eye specialist out if I didn't see any improvement.
I just kept on medicating and to that vet's surprise,
it did heal to an almost unnoticeable grey-blue
"ding" in his eye.  I never did call the expert.
Based on my experience, I'm not
too surprised that you aren't seeing improvement
right away.  How long has he had this ulcer?

Is this the same guy that tweaked his back?  If it
is, he sounds like my Beau (who kept on injuring
himself so I couldn't sell him!).

The vet gave me this tube at first, then followed
up with the triple antibiotic that I can't remember
all the details for and it's in my horse trailer
20 miles away from work.

TERRAMYCIN Ophthalmic Ointment

Pfizer
        5 mg/g Oxytetracycline
        10000 u/g Polymyxin B Sulphate
        TERRAMYCIN OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT


http://www.allsport.co.za/pharm/pfizer/terram-u.html


Kathy (who web-surfs on her lunch hour in Silicon Valley)


-----Original Message-----
From: Celeste Murray [mailto:celestem@badgermining.co.za]
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 8:15 AM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net; Kathy Mayeda
Subject: Re: RE: eye ointments


Hi Kathy

My youngster has a corneal ulcer and he is not responding to the treatment
my vet advised (a self proclaimed non horsey vet :-)), what did you use?

Celeste (South Africa)
Mawlud and Shadixx

PS. Please use ingredient names as well as I may not be able to get the same
brand name.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
To: 'Bette Lamore' <woa@stormnet.com>; 'Wayne/Elaine Delbeke'
<delbekew@sprynet.com>
Cc: 'Maggie Mieske' <mmieske@netonecom.net>; 'Ridecamp'
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: RC: RE: eye ointments


> Bluish eye could mean an old corneal ulcer scar.  I nursed my horse
> through a corneal ulcer with triple antibiotic (no steriods) and he
> still has a bluish spot in his eye and a little vision obstruction.
> It took a few months to heal and was very labor intensive to nurse,
> but I believe the constant application of antibiotic saved his eye.
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bette Lamore [mailto:woa@stormnet.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:29 PM
> To: Wayne/Elaine Delbeke
> Cc: Maggie Mieske; Ridecamp
> Subject: RC: eye ointments
>
>
> Good point, Elaine
> We have one mare with one bluish eye and limited vision and our vet told
> us her previous owner probably put a steroid eye ointment on a scratched
> eyeball. Sad, although she seems to have compensated well.
> Bette
>
> Wayne/Elaine Delbeke wrote:
> >
> > Hi Maggie
> >
> > Just a note to say please please be very careful about putting
> opthalmic
> > drops with any type of steroid, e.g., cortizone, in any horse's eye
> > unless you know for sure there is no scratch or abrasion involved.
> They
> > work great unless there is a scratch, then the eyes can literally melt
> > in an incredibly short period of time (couple of days).  I've seen
> > numerous horses lose an eye by doing this.  It's actually safer if
> both
> > eyes are inflamed since that usually means flies or allergies which
> > respond really well.  Just a quick check by you or your vet with a
> stain
> > can save an awful lot of grief.
> >
> > elaine

>