How long for steroids to kick in?

clydeviewequestrian

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Hi everyone,

My horse has been on 150 steroids a day since Friday as he has various allergies we are about to begin treating but he needs something to settle his itching down in the mean time. I was wondering before I phone the vet tomorrow if I am right in thinking they should have started working by now? I was a bit worried they wouldn't have the desired effect as he has been on a lower dose previously and they did nothing, which is why he's on a high amount now but he is still extremely itchy 🙄

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How big is your horse? One on my yard has to have steroids and she’s about 14.2 and I’m sure she has more than 150 as her initial dose. I recall vet gave a steroid injection to start then the tablets
 

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How big is your horse? One on my yard has to have steroids and she’s about 14.2 and I’m sure she has more than 150 as her initial dose. I recall vet gave a steroid injection to start then the tablets

Really that's interesting, my friends 14.2 was on 80 a day, they had initially tried my horse on 110 a day but it made no difference so they decided to try 150 but it has to be reduced after a week, although there's not much point on doing that if they aren't working in the first place! They haven't mentioned steroid injections but it's something I was going to ask about. He is about 17hh but he's a clydesdale so he's a very heavy build.
 
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