RC Drugs

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

As far as what you can put on your horse:  desetin or vaseline       I got 
in big trouble once years ago for putting in a teeny tiny little dab of 
triple-antibiotic cream on a small spot on my horse (about the size of a 
cotton swab).   Karen


At 11:20 AM 5/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>----Original Message-----
>>From: Blythe Anne M  wrote:
>>
>>I'm a newbie, done three 25's and my first 50 was last weekend.  My 
>>question is,
>>How do I find out the legal vs illegal drugs that I can use on my 
>>horse?  Someone told me that yucca will show up if my horse is drug 
>>tested.  Also what about absorbine? I was told that it would test, too.
>>
>>AERC has been very bad about addressing this.  Anything other than food 
>>and water is considered a drug.  There are NO legal drugs.  There are no 
>>published clearance times if your horse had to be medicated and then much 
>>later compete.  As lab tests become much more sensitive, minute amounts 
>>of drugs may still test positive.  I don't know enough equine 
>>pharmacology to make those kind of decisions.  I want to be legal, I 
>>believe in No Drugs rule, but I want guidance, too. To answer your 
>>question; yes, absorbine and yucca will both test as an illegal substance!
>>
>>Search the archives for previous discussions about this.  Cheryl Newbanks 
>>received an old, abbreviated AERC drug list that is by no means all 
>>inclusive.  I will send this to you separately so as not to bring the 
>>endurance list to its knees..  I hope that it helps.  If anyone else is 
>>interested enough to have read this far down the message, I'll be happy 
>>to send you a copy as well - just let me know.
>>
>>Linda Flemmer
>>
>>

Happy Trails,

Karen
in NV
& Weaver, 2,630 miles
& Rocky, 1,395  :+)
www.greatbasin.net/~sportssaddle


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