Re: RC: Prednisone

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/22/99 4:20:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
steenhof@cyberhighway.net writes:

<< Well, now that we're on the topic of prednisone...how about the effects on
 horses?  Last week, my horse broke out in hives.  The vet gave him a shot of
 cortisone (which cleared up the hives within 12 hours).  Then he had me give
 him prednisone pills for 5 more days.  The horse was scheduled for an
 endurance ride this weekend, but I will ride my other horse instead.  He
 seems ok (no side effects), and my vet assured me that the prednisone "will
 not test."  But I don't want to be accused of violating the drug rules, and
 I'm not sure I >>


The effects of the steroid will be essentially gone by the time of the ride. 
What you have to watch out for with corticosteroids is a suppressed immune 
system and ulcers. The "high" goes within a day or two of the end of the 
treatment--did you taper off or stop all at once?

ti


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