Pain relief

[Lmully]

Hi I’ve heard that you can give horses paracetamol for pain relief does anybody know how many you could give a Shetland pony ??? Thanks

 

[SEL]

Hi I’ve heard that you can give horses paracetamol for pain relief does anybody know how many you could give a Shetland pony ??? Thanks

yes you can, but its off licence so you need to speak to your vet first. Mine calculated the dosage for me.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

yes you can, but its off licence so you need to speak to your vet first. Mine calculated the dosage for me.

This.
Usually it would be suggested by a vet after coming off other meds like Rhumocam

 

[oldie48]

My vet prescribed it to be given with Bute as my horse needed extra pain relief. Mine was on 20 tabs + 2 bute given twice daily, he was a 15.2 TB weighing about 500 -525 Kg. I wouldn't give without speaking to the vet though. Fwiw, we bought from the chemists as it was cheaper and I guess mine went through about 400 in total. Quite challenging to buy and don't say it's for a horse or they won't sell it to you and most shops limit it to 32 tabs.

 

[Birker2020]

My vet prescribed it to be given with Bute as my horse needed extra pain relief. Mine was on 20 tabs + 2 bute given twice daily, he was a 15.2 TB weighing about 500 -525 Kg. I wouldn't give without speaking to the vet though. Fwiw, we bought from the chemists as it was cheaper and I guess mine went through about 400 in total. Quite challenging to buy and don't say it's for a horse or they won't sell it to you and most shops limit it to 32 tabs.

I take paracetamol regularly in the guise of co-codamol and know that when I don't have the capsules but the tablets and they get caught in my mouth the taste is horrific. Even paracetamol on its own is a vile taste. Are they coated tablets or capsules that you give?

 

[oldie48]

I take paracetamol regularly in the guise of co-codamol and know that when I don't have the capsules but the tablets and they get caught in my mouth the taste is horrific. Even paracetamol on its own is a vile taste. Are they coated tablets or capsules that you give?

I used bog standard cheap as chips tablets, ground up and mixed with the bute and the antibiotic that my horse needed and made into a paste with orange squash. TBH he was so poorly for the first few days, it was easy to dose him but as he improved he got more resistant but I always managed to get it down him and he would never have eaten it voluntarily. He had to have 2 syringes twice a day but it saved his life.

 

[Birker2020]

I used bog standard cheap as chips tablets, ground up and mixed with the bute and the antibiotic that my horse needed and made into a paste with orange squash. TBH he was so poorly for the first few days, it was easy to dose him but as he improved he got more resistant but I always managed to get it down him and he would never have eaten it voluntarily. He had to have 2 syringes twice a day but it saved his life.

Oh blimey, I'm not surprised he resisted when he started feeling better but I know you did it to save him!
It's such a horrible bitter taste I immediately want to start gagging , my Mum said that make them that way to stop people taking deliberate overdoses but I don't think that works these days with all the coated film on the tablets.