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connie1288

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OK i know i cant use sudocrem when competing FEI but can i use Savlon cream??
My dressage saddle has rubbed at the bottom and it is pink and abit sore!!
I would normally use conecresine (sp) but as she is white this isnt going to help.
I know i cant use aloe vera or camrosa on it.
Any other FEI legal ideas to help?!!
 
Why is Sudocream banned?
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I have read what is in it, but because the banned substances are not all named as such, it is really hard to work out if it is legal or not, just wondered if anyone on hear knew for sure!!
 
as i said the other day sudocream contains a steroid like most creams specifically to deal with rashes. that is why it tests. savlon is fine unless they changed the rules since last season.
 
Thanks I have just checked mine and it is 100 %, they really need to simplify these rules and concentrate on the true performance enhancing.
 
i was thinking exactly the same today as i sat looking at my pot of sudocreme, and was going to post to ask about savlon
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going to get some savlon
 
Its any form of steroid that you have to be careful, hence the sudocreme problem. Most human wound creams have a small amount of steroid in them.

I THINK germolene should be ok having looked at the active ingredients.
 
I have an aloe vera plant which is growing too big for my kitchen window. I wonder if anyone would like it. Maybe I should take it to Badminton and leave it out with a "good home wanted" label.
 
the trouble with things like aloe vera and arnica is not the actual substance themselves which are not banned but the things they are mixed with to make pills/lotions. Especially dangerous are those products that come from herbalists etc who 'handmake' their products, you have no idea of the purity whether the mixing bowl was contaminated or anything like that. therefore if you are going to use these things i would recommend you use those made by a big reputable firm like Boots becuse then if they test for something that shouldnt be there you at least have some comeback. they are required by law to list all ingredients etc and it is in their own interests to maintain that quality. The chinese herbalist on the high street might not be so meticulous. and i use arnica creams and gels for bruises by the way.
 
So how do we know what has a steroid in it? What's the wording we should look for on the ingredients????
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The Sudocreme ingredients were double-dutch to me - I'm an accountant for god's sake
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I've been happily giving my youngster the global herbs Thoroughbred calmer until a friend (a food scientist) asked if it was competition legal - I've no idea, and it doesn't say on the tin, so to speak.

I always thought "banned substances" was just about medicines and cheating, not all this complication and confusion
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I don't think there is a steroid in sudocrem but, apart from the anaesthetic, the problem is that is a licensed human medicine. Anything that is licensed for humans where there is a suitable animal alternative is banned in competition.

iirc, (and it was a few years back that I did this sort of thing) if there is a product license number (PL.........) on the back of the product then it is licensed for humans and making medical claims - eg "helps healing" , so if you can find an own brand zinc oxide sort of cream without a PL number, and not containing benzyl alcohol (the anaesthetic) it should be OK!!

would expect that savlon has a PL number.

Don't know what there is of that sort that is licensed for animals - any friendly vets on here who can advise??

It is so frustrating because the anaesthetic effect must be barely detectable - certainly not going to turn a lame horse sound - just bl@@dy bureaucracy!!
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