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Location: The Great Northwest | What does most vets or your experiences in administering Previcox before a run? Do you give it on a daily basis while the horse is training and racing? |
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| Been told to give it at least three days out. Sometimes I keep them on it if I run Sat and Sun and the next weekend run Friday Sat Sun. No use of taking them off for one day |
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Location: oklahoma | I have one that gets a full pill everyday that has bad arthritis in his knee, another that has ring bone gets a 1/4 pill daily. They feel so much better. I am a firm believer in it.
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Location: North Dakota | smrowdy - 2015-05-28 3:19 PM I have one that gets a full pill everyday that has bad arthritis in his knee, another that has ring bone gets a 1/4 pill daily. They feel so much better. I am a firm believer in it.
A full 227mg pill? Or what size?
I have a mare that has fusing hocks and gets pretty sore during her heat cycles that I had on half 227mg pill for roughly 5 days and now backed her down to a quarter a day. |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | smrowdy - 2015-05-28 3:19 PM
I have one that gets a full pill everyday that has bad arthritis in his knee, another that has ring bone gets a 1/4 pill daily. They feel so much better. I am a firm believer in it.
Please explain when you say full pill you are feeding? And 1/4 pill ?
There are 2 kinds offered in pill form:
Small dog 57 mg ( single horse dose)
And large dog 227 mg (which would be 4 horse doses)
And is the horse your giving a 1/4 pill is it the 57 or the 227?
Because that would be a lot!
But yes I am also a believer!!
I've seen a 35 yr old crippled from ringbone and arthritis all over lope in the pasture after using this!
Even though it wasn't a pretty lope lol he felt great, and had life in his eyes again!
Edited by imturnin3 2015-05-28 3:59 PM
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Location: Lost in the swamps | As far as admin, I give 1/4 of the 227mg once a day, 3 days before a run And one the day of. For some reason the 227 large dog is cheaper at my vet:)
Edited by imturnin3 2015-05-28 3:58 PM
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| I do the same except usually run many weekends in a row so they usually stay on it until the day after the barrel race when we finally don't have one that coming weekend. I know how much it (ibuprofen) can help you get over stiff/sore muscles after a race |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Again, going to caution all of you about heavy use of it. My mare CC, who I have chronicled her bladder and kidney stone issues here on BHW fractured her patella February of 2011. We put her on Previcoxx for pain and inflammation and she was on it every day for a little over a year, the 1/4 of the 227 dose. The good news is she came back sound, the bad news is last year we found she not only had not only bladder stones but kidney stones. Bute, Previcoxx, Equioxx, all NSAIDS are hard on the kidneys so I caution all of you not to over use it. It is a great drug, I would do it again given the choice but maybe wean her off earlier than we did or maybe skip a few days here and there. You might also check into a product that I am using now instead of Previcoxx that is an enzyme so safe for CC's kidneys. It is called Neoprofin AVF, do not confuse it with Neoprofen or Equiprofen. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | smrowdy - 2015-05-28 3:19 PM I have one that gets a full pill everyday that has bad arthritis in his knee, another that has ring bone gets a 1/4 pill daily. They feel so much better. I am a firm believer in it.
Did your vet prescribe that or is that your doing? If its the 227 mg that's too much for a horse. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | Tatum2 - 2015-05-29 1:50 PM I do the same except usually run many weekends in a row so they usually stay on it until the day after the barrel race when we finally don't have one that coming weekend. I know how much it (ibuprofen) can help you get over stiff/sore muscles after a race
This is what my vet was saying too. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | run n rate - 2015-05-29 3:06 PM Again, going to caution all of you about heavy use of it. My mare CC, who I have chronicled her bladder and kidney stone issues here on BHW fractured her patella February of 2011. We put her on Previcoxx for pain and inflammation and she was on it every day for a little over a year, the 1/4 of the 227 dose. The good news is she came back sound, the bad news is last year we found she not only had not only bladder stones but kidney stones. Bute, Previcoxx, Equioxx, all NSAIDS are hard on the kidneys so I caution all of you not to over use it. It is a great drug, I would do it again given the choice but maybe wean her off earlier than we did or maybe skip a few days here and there. You might also check into a product that I am using now instead of Previcoxx that is an enzyme so safe for CC's kidneys. It is called Neoprofin AVF, do not confuse it with Neoprofen or Equiprofen.
Thank You for posting that information. Yes, I was cautioned about using for months at a time. It was suggested to at least give 10 days between. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2015-05-28 10:36 PM
smrowdy - 2015-05-28 3:19 PM I have one that gets a full pill everyday that has bad arthritis in his knee, another that has ring bone gets a 1/4 pill daily. They feel so much better. I am a firm believer in it.
Did your vet prescribe that or is that your doing? If its the 227 mg that's too much for a horse.
I hope no vet prescribed that.. That is way too much for their kidneys to process. 1/4 227mg pill is horse dosage. 1 full pill is for dogs in which their kidneys can process it easier hence the dosage difference |
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Location: North Dakota | I had Red on Previcox last year to help him with his fusing hock that the injections didn't 100% take care of. I fed one 57 mg tablet a day, but I started with a loading dose of giving three 57 mg for the first day. Both of the vets that I use have explained Previcox the same way. It does not function the same as bute, because you need to have a loading dose to get it to a useful level in the horse's system, and then you need to be consistant and keep that dose level. This also means it is best if you can give the pill the same time every day. I was told it takes about 3 days to start having a full effect.
Thankfully, Red's hock is pretty much fused so he really doesn't seem to need it much this year. I only give it to him when I know he is going to have a very long weekend (like a barrel racing clinic for example) and I make sure to give it for about 1 week before the event and continue through 1 day after.
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| Start on Wednesday and give once a day wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday for big shows. Usually don't do this unless they are making more than one run in a weekend, if we are hauling a good 4+ hours to make one run, or if its big money added.
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Location: Texas | I like to give it once a day starting Wed if they will run on Sat and then through the last day they run if they are running multiple days.
I DO like to give them a break when giving ANY NSAID because of the damage to kidneys (renal papillary necrosis is the biggie) and the risk of GI ulceration. I want to say the label for firocoxib for horses says not to exceed 30 days in a row on it due to the cumulative effect of it in the body, but I do know lots of people give it daily with no problems. I personally suggest for horses who don't have really serious chronic arthritis, to give them a break in-between doses even if its a few days. Just for my peace of mind. |
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Location: oklahoma | Just Bring It - 2015-05-28 3:37 PM
smrowdy - 2015-05-28 3:19 PM I have one that gets a full pill everyday that has bad arthritis in his knee, another that has ring bone gets a 1/4 pill daily. They feel so much better. I am a firm believer in it.
A full 227mg pill? Or what size?
I have a mare that has fusing hocks and gets pretty sore during her heat cycles that I had on half 227mg pill for roughly 5 days and now backed her down to a quarter a day.
I will have to go to the barn and look to see. It's the big round pill that you usually break into 4 pieces. We just started giving him a full pill a month or so ago. This horse has an arthritic knee and it wasn't so bad until his back end slipped out from underneath him at a barrel race and caught himself with that knee and well it's just not been good since then. This dose was prescribed by a vet or I wouldn't even think of giving that much. |
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| I had my good horse on it daily for a year and a half. He was retired from running and was only 14 years old. I just wanted him comfortable as the Coffin joint and Bursa injections no longer worked. Eventually he had to be put down because of kidney issues. BUt it was better than bute. |
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| My mare gets 1/4 a tablet once a day every day, up until 3 days before a race that drug tests. Just so you know, it is illegal if you are drug tested. It takes 3 days to get out of their system. Just an FYI. |
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| FLITASTIC - 2015-05-29 9:12 AM
I had my good horse on it daily for a year and a half. He was retired from running and was only 14 years old. I just wanted him comfortable as the Coffin joint and Bursa injections no longer worked. Eventually he had to be put down because of kidney issues. BUt it was better than bute.
Where do you barrel race that they drug test? We never have that out here. Lol |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Please please, if you use any type of NSAID on your horse, and whom of us doesn't, check out Neoprofin AVF. CC my mare with kidney stones kicked over the top of a 5 foot panel, hung herself up pretty good, obviously was very sore, I can't give her NSAIDS because of her kidneys, got the Neoprofin from the woman I buy her herbs from and she was much more comfortable after the first dose. Check out the website for it for info. It was @$140
For 80 day dose at runninghranch.com. More expensive I know than Previcoxx but cheaper than kidney issues. Trust me. |
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