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Re: [RC] HELP!!!!!!!!! ASPIRIN OVERDOSE????? - Rosalie Marley

Hi Jerri -

I'm not a vet, but I did look up the dosage of aspirin for horses - it is
56,432 to 112,864 mg given 2 or 3 times a day. (I got this from the Jeffers
catalog, link is http://tinyurl.com/7yza7 )

If you use human aspirin (325 mg/tablet), 24 tabs = 7,800mg and 48 tabs =
15,6000, so it's still way less than a horse dose.

Maybe your pony is lying down because he hurts?  People and horses use
their medications differently, so scaling up from a human isn't necessarily
reasonable.

I hope you've been able to talk to your vet (or a tech) by now and that
both you and your pony are feeling better!

Rosalie

Jerri Larsen <jerril@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is Susan or a vet on line? I am really scared.... I was told to give my 
pony aspirin, and things just don't seem right... The aspirin I used were

325mg, the vet I called said to give 24-48 for a 700 pound pony.... Now 
that I am in my right mind, how can this be, when a 200 pound person
would 
only take 2????? My pony is laying down, have I killed him?

Someone please write me ASAP....
Jerri


Rosalie Marley
Ride the Tiger!
http://TigerHorseFarms.com


       
               
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