Medication musings

[SpeedyPony]

After seeing a few threads on here about getting medication into fussy horses and owning a fussy b**ger myself, I've been wondering- why aren't suppositories used more in veterinary medicine?
Do they not work as well for horses, or is there no demand due to a reluctance on the owners part to administer them?
Honestly I'd be happy to go that route for my lad if it was an option, seems like far less stress for everyone involved!

 

[iknowmyvalue]

Honestly, they don’t make them that I’m aware of and you have to prescribe licensed things first unless there’s a justifiable reason not to. You could use human ones I suppose but I imagine the dose/cost would be ridiculous because they’d be such a low concentration... also there’s the increased risk of owners getting kicked, which is not great either.

 

[ester]

More frequent evacuations?

 

[Chinchilla]

I'd rather not pay for something that makes them shit more personally

 

[SpeedyPony]

More frequent evacuations?

Good point... if it has to go up further than a thermometer I'm suddenly less keen on the idea ?

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Obviously you can’t rely on them not just pooing it straight back out, so not a practical solution, although it would be amazing, I’d be happier for infrequent meds to be administered that way.

 

[SpeedyPony]

Honestly, they don’t make them that I’m aware of and you have to prescribe licensed things first unless there’s a justifiable reason not to. You could use human ones I suppose but I imagine the dose/cost would be ridiculous because they’d be such a low concentration... also there’s the increased risk of owners getting kicked, which is not great either.

I guessed they probably weren't manufactured, but I couldn't really work out why.
It just seemed like such a handy route of administration and with temperatures being taken that way, they'd likely be used to it? Although I imagine some horses view that as more of an affront to their dignity than my lad does! ?

 

[TheMule]

As Ester says, it would be unlikely that the drug would stay in there long enough to be fully absorbed due to the much more frequent passing of droppings. Unless you had fun with a full arm length rubber glove a squirt of lube and a bucket beforehand to evacuate the area?!

 

[SpeedyPony]

As Ester says, it would be unlikely that the drug would stay in there long enough to be fully absorbed due to the much more frequent passing of droppings. Unless you had fun with a full arm length rubber glove a squirt of lube and a bucket beforehand to evacuate the area?!

??

 

[Pippity]

Considering how mine reacts to her temperature being taken, I'd prefer any other method of administration! She'll tolerate stuff being syringed into her mouth, is an angel for injections, and seems to positively enjoy the taste of bute, but anybody shoving anything up her arse is at risk of being booted into next week.