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Discussion on Reserpine versus Fluphenazine
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kpscpa
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 12:58 pm:
My thoroughbred is on stall rest for a pulled ligament behind the knee. He is tending to have "explosive" episodes (understandable), which is only aggravating the injury. He has a minimum of three more months to go before the possibility of hand grazing.
The farrier suggested using reserpine. I called my vet and they want to give him fluphenazine. I immediately got on the internet. From what I can find it appears the fluphenazine may have some pretty serious side affects.
What are the pros and cons of each.
Thanks!
Kathleen
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chance1
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 1:05 pm:
Hi Kathleen,
I'm sorry about your horse's injury. My young horse had an injury that required rest and he, also, was quite explosive when I was hand walking him. I used Reserpine and it worked well. The only side effect seemed to be was that he got a case of the runs. I never tried fluphenazine, so I don't have any input on that.
Good luck and both of you stay safe through the rehab.
Cheers, Ruth
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dres
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 1:24 pm:
Kathleen, i am still in the throws of stall resting a young horse 8 1/2 months now and up to 40 mins a day of hand walking or kite walking depending on her mood.. I used the fluphenazine a couple of times.. it just took the edge off somewhat.. BUT the third time i used it, it made her more edgey .. Which i was told could be a reaction a horse can have with it.. so be careful and really watch how your horse reacts to it.. Did not use the reserpine at all..
Hang hay nets up high to make your horse work for his dinner, feed often to keep him from being bored.. If you can keep a horse next to him at all times.. I taught my filly the Parelli games in her stalls to help keep her mind active , which has greatly helped in our hand walking..
Good luck.. i don't wish rehab on anyone .. You can follow my thread at Subject: Surgery/infection/rehab
On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with spots..
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ngossage
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 3:38 pm:
Hi, Kathleen. I'm sorry that you & your horse are dealing with this injury and stall rest. I know what it's like. My horse has had to be on several month's stall rest for a torn check ligament in '05 and then again for ddft in '06. The first time I used reserpine. I liked it and it worked well for my horse, though it was expensive. Also had to play with the dosage a bit. He never got the runs, but would be really, really sleepy/groggy. I tried the fluphenazine last year and didn't notice that it took any edge off at all. Then I had to wait 30 days until I could ace him for our hand walks. Please be careful and wishing your boy a safe & complete recovery.
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ngossage
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 3:45 pm:
Kathleen, in case you haven't checked them out already, Dr. O has articles on both reserpine & fluphenazine:
Medications>Sedatives and Anesthetics
Happy Reading,
Nicole
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scooter
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 6:08 pm:
Hi Kathleen, when I worked at a barn full of TB's there were 2 put on 90 days of stall rest, with 10 min. hand walking a day (yea right). Both had the fluphenazine. 1 horse did well with it for the 1st mo.....at least we could walk him.
The other was explosive and dangerous to walk, but slept in his stall most of the day. We didn't even try walking him he was so crazy. I think it must affect horses differently, so you probably won't know unless you try it. I wasn't impressed
Finally we resorted to ace given IV before we walked them...it helped, but it was still quite an adventure. Good Luck
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kpscpa
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 - 10:09 pm:
Thank you so very much for your responses  !!!
I must say, my guy is absolutely fine as long as I am there, and amazing when you have your hands on him. It's when someone else (not me) is taking a horse out of the barn, or in general when I am not there.
After reading your posts, I called the vet to discuss the drugs. He does not like using them at all, only as a very last resort. Seeing how I have not tried any calming supplements yet, we decided to try that first. He suggested products with Valerian Root, also he heard positive results with one called Calm Ease.
Soooo, does any have any suggestions???
Thanks again for all your support! 
Kathleen
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ngossage
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Posted on Friday, Jul 6, 2007 - 10:51 am:
Kathleen, trying a calming supplement first sounds like a good plan. I tried that as well but it didn't work for my guy (Ex-Stress, though it has no valerian). Smartpak has a handy comparison chart:
https://www.smartpakequine.com/CalmCompare.aspx
Good luck!
Nicole
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