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Discussion on Antiinflammatory Treatment Ideas
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New Member:
Splendid
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Posted on Thursday, Jan 30, 2003 - 9:18 pm:
Hello,
I own a horse and show him in the jumper division at major horse shows. I give him injectable dex to calm him down. I usually start with 8cc the night before and then decrease as the week goes on. I was wondering how you compare the injectable dex to the granuales. I was told you just use a packet the morning before but I was wondering for more specific answers.
Thanks, Stevie
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Jan 31, 2003 - 4:15 am:
I have never seen any reports about the pharmacology of oral dexamethasone so do not really have any good thoughts. I suspect that the oral product is well absorbed but will be slower to get into the system, have lower peak blood levels but persist longer in the blood. But what the numerical differences are I just do not know. In general because of the ridiculous price of the granules I use the injectable orally, squirting it on the food.
DrO
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