Posted by Racer on December 19, 2005, at 12:54:09
In reply to Calling Racer for equine info :-) » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on December 18, 2005, at 15:02:18
I don't know all that much about equine drugs -- unless you call them by the names my vet does... Sad, but true.
What I can tell you, though, is that horses and people are very, very different when it comes to reactions to meds. I won't give PCN injections, for instance, because if you hit a blood vessel, you can kill a horse. How many of us have had PCN drips in hospital? (And there's not much you can do if the reaction does happen. Immediate convulsions, and death within minutes if it's going to happen.) Same sort of thing with most tranqs for horses: you can't tranquilize an upset horse, the more you try, the more upset he'll get. (Hm... That's my reaction to benzos, too...)
Any idea what name I might know guaifenesin under? And even then, I don't know that I will know much more.
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