Re: RC: Carrying Bute

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/2/00 6:49:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
guest@endurance.net writes:

<< Our emergency first aid kits that we carry with us out on the
 trail at an endurance ride CAN include forbidden substances...
 and maybe even ought to...if we know how to administer them
 properly.
 
 kat
 Orange County, Calif. >>

That's it in a nutshell. Knowing how and why. Being racetrack oriented, I 
have a distinct aversion to bute--does far more harm than good in that 
environment and is used primarily to keep lame horses performing--hastening 
their retirements. Perhaps it has a use in emergencies--but I can't think of 
any. If it's for emergency treatment of severe pain, it would seem to me that 
a veterinarian would have far more effective drugs.

ti