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Posted by Sunny You are an experienced enough horseperson, you could easily learn to give IV injections if your vet is cooperative enough to show you.
on 4/22/2012, 6:58 pm, in reply to "If all you have is the injectable drug........"
24.113.27.183 | Message modified by user Sunny 4/22/2012, 7:00 pm
J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Jun;27(3):183-6.
Disposition of flunixin meglumine injectable preparation administered orally to healthy horses.
Pellegrini-Masini A, Poppenga RH, Sweeney RW.
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Department of Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, and Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA. amasini@vet.upenn.edu
Abstract
An injectable preparation of flunixin meglumine was administered orally and intravenously at a dose of 1.1 mg/kg to six healthy adult horses in a cross-over design. Flunixin meglumine was detected in plasma within 15 min of administration and peak plasma concentrations were observed 45-60 min after oral administration. Mean bioavailability of the oral drug was 71.9 +/- 26.0%, with an absorption half-life of 0.76 h. The apparent elimination half-life after oral administration was 2.4 h. The injectable preparation of flunixin meglumine is suitable for oral administration to horses.
It tastes terrible, so might be good to cut it with something sweet....
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