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Originally Posted by Cardus
Is lidocaine theraputic? If it numbs pain that allows a horse to run through it, when he/she is otherwise unaware of pain that would preclude a horse from giving his/her all, doesn't that make it performance enhancing?
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I asked, and I've been told it's a legal drug to have on the vet's truck, it has everyday use and it's cosidered to be therapuetic in nature. I don't know if that's subject to interpretation or not.
I would think that if it wasn't therapeutic, it would have a more severe classification, stronger penalty, fine, etc. and we wouldn't be looking at 15 days or something of the like. Maybe one of the resident vets or trainers can shed light on this.
Eric