Can I give my horse bute while on Previcox?

I used to split my dog and cat meds, buying the highest weight dosage, calculating per animal weight, and dividing, thanks for the excellent information!The vet said that it could possibly result in mis-dosing.Wouldn't crushing the meds, mixing and dissolving into a liquid, and then dividing the dosed liquid solve that issue?That sounds like work to save money, but these days...

If you could verify that you were able to maintain a perfectly even suspension of the firocoxib in the liquid, it could actually be worse.You don't know how evenly firocoxib is distributed because there are other binders and flavors in the tablets.All of the active drug can be clumped in different ways.The consequences will be different by drug.It might be different if you divide dog medicine to give to a dog.Your vet covered their liability by telling you that error can have consequences.It's up to you to decide the risk level for your situation after that.

Flea and tick pills for dogs and cats, which are dosed by weight, were the meds I divided.That was originally recommended by my long term vet in that practice, but he was contradicted by another vet.How do pills score for splitting factor in?Over the years, I have gotten a number of prescriptions that were supposed to be for half a dose.Apoquel and Aspirin are things that my JRT needs.

That makes sense.That's a good question.There would have to be a check to make sure they could produce a high percentage of consistency in individual distribution.It's related to how many things are in the tablet.It could get complicated in a hurry.If you had a 2:1 ratio for your binder, each molecule would hold one molecule of drug, that's manageable.I think it's more difficult to say that is done.So caveat, I am just speculating now.Drugs have big instruction sheets which identify where it is safe to do that.I don't think anyone will kill their horse by cutting up Previcox.It's relatively low risk to manage arthritis in an old horse.I would be more cautious in an animal with elevated risk factors.I don't want anyone to know that you're asking the vets to risk their license just because you want them to.

I ate some bute on a dare when I was 14 to see if it tasted like cherry.That's right.

My understanding is that the NSAID's are blocking the enzymes that control the inflammatory process.I think the prostaglandins that control core body temperature are different.I have not tasted bute yet, thanks for saving me the trouble, that's why the NSAID can knock out a fever, but generally doesn't stop a body from still maintaining its normal temp.Cool calories smelled like bubble gum and it tasted like dirt, but I did like it.