HEIRO™ (Healthly Equine Insulin Rescue Organical) is an exceptional product manufactured by Equine Medical and Surgical Associates in West Chester, Pennsylvania to treat insulin resistance, the #1 cause of Laminitis. It is a proprietary blend of herbs, vitamin E concentrate and magnesium oxide mineral.

I decided to order for Pumpkin insulin resistance test at a local veterinary hospital. The hormone insulin helps control the amount of sugar in blood. With insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes), insulin level in blood rises because cell membrane starts, for some reason, acting like a barrier for insulin to reach sugar in cells.

I received a phone call with a result of the test on May 27th, 2008. Pumpkin has been diagnosed with insulin resistance, just like I expected (insulin level was 114.4, normal level is between 0 and 60), which means for her continuing with low non-structural carbohydrate diet and no sugar at all.

While searching the Internet for treatment of insulin resistance condition, I found a supplement HEIRO, which was tested in university and commercial labs with really impressive results.

I told myself: "If this is the only thing I can find, why not try it?", and I ordered HEIRO for Pumpkin. It is now on it's way from Pennsylvania to Nevada.

Shipment of HEIRO arrived via priority mail on Monday July 7th, 2008. The container is actually much smaller than it looks on my picture and contains 30-day supply of proprietary blend of USDA certified herbs, super-concentrated Vitamin E and additional vitamins.

I started my trip to the ranch for first treatment next day at 5:30 am, before I went to my work, because it is recommended feed it once a day in early morning, before first feed, which is extremely important. I had to inject 15ml or 1.5 fl. oz. of the supplement (plastic cap for accurate dosing is enclosed in the container with HEIRO) into Pumpkin's mouth daily, using a baster. I made bigger hole in the tip of a plastic cylinder, put her medicine in a rubber bulb and secured it to the other side of the cylinder with a clamp for safe inserting into Pumpkin's mouth and to eliminate possibility of separation and loss of her medicine because she refused to eat HEIRO, mixed in a container with her treat, the day before. Treatment will be completed in about 30 days, and then there will be another insulin level test. After that, I will see how good the product really is and if further treatment will be necessary.

The blood for Pumpkin's second insulin resistance test (after 30 days of treatment with Heiro supplement) will be taken on August 6th, 2008 at 10:00 am, and I will publish the lab test result here as soon as I know it.

Unfortunately, HEIRO failed. Last blood test showed insulin level 291 high. I'm not saying that it is a bad product, try it if your equine suffer from insulin resistance, it just simply didn't work for Pumpkin for some unknown reason. I have no explanation for this because there were no changes in her food. I'm still in a shock. I personally think that there must be some metabolism changes in Pumpkin's body, maybe related to her age because her hooves started getting worse lately as well. I now really don't know what to do and how to help Pumpkin with her insulin troubles because there is no other medicine except HEIRO. I don't think that simple diet will be enough to help her.

Actually, HEIRO did not fail. After a phone call from Dr. Frank Reilly, DVM, who developed HEIRO, I know that blood for insulin resistance tests must be taken at the same time to be able to compare the results because level of insulin in blood fluctuates in the course of a day. First time blood was taken after 5 pm (when insulin level is usually low) and second time at 10 am (when insulin level is usually high), so level 291 could be actually lower than the result of the first test (114.4) if blood would have been taken also at 10 am instead of 5 pm. I will continue treatment with HEIRO for another 30 days with following blood test (blood will be taken again at 10 am).

Results of the third insulin resistance test on 09/10/08:

• glucose level = 86.0 (normal)
• insulin level   = 94.6 (still higher than normal but much, much better than a month ago).

I'm going to order for Pumpkin another shipment of HEIRO and sometime in the future have her retested again to see, whether we can drop insulin level under 65. At this point, I really recommend to everyone, whose equine has an insulin resistance condition, to give a try to HEIRO. It works!

Unfortunately, after I lost my job in recession of 2009 and being re-hired later for just part time job, I couldn't afford anymore to buy Pumpkin her expensive medicine. Anyway, to make it work, it would have to be given to her before the morning hay which is also not always possible when she is on a ranch and not with me home. It's time to move on...

Click the picture below to visit manufacturer's website. I would like to let you know that I am NOT the reseller of the product, and I am NOT compensated for promotion and sale of HEIRO. I just recommend it because of my experience and my results with this product that REALLY works!