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Forum: Controversial racehorse drug to be studied

Published on: 10/17/2007

Source : Colorado State University press release

Debate about horseracing drug may be solved with Colorado State University and partner research in South Africa.A study led by Colorado State University and research partners will help to answer a long-debated question about health and performance effects of a drug commonly used to treat racehorses in the U.S. to prevent bleeding into their airways as they run. The study, which is a massive resear...

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Heaton David

United Kingdom

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10/17/2007 |

Would this drug have the same effect on horse racing drug?

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Maria Costa

Australia

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10/18/2007 |

I am sorry but you are wrong to say that Furosemide is banned on all other countries appart from the US and Canada.
Brazil also allows their Thoroughbreds to use Furosemide on raceday as a potential reducer of EIPH.

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Martin Lucione

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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04/22/2009 | Ref: Controversial racehorse drug sees studied

The effects of the furosemide one in horses with cases out of pulmonary hemorrhage induced by exercise, plows contradictory in relation to their beneficial effects in horses with that pathology. In Argentina and EE.UU. to near 80% of the horses they run with doses that oscillate between (2ml and 6 total milliliter). According to some studies the furosemide:

One: Would reduces the blood pressure
Two: Would produce severe electrolytic lost

According to studies the electrolytic supplementation would see beneficial to counteract those effects.

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