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Originally Posted by Dunbar
Do either of you guys ever admit you were plain wrong?! Yeah, the "aspirin the day before" analogy was "pretty clever". Too bad it had nothing to do with reality.
Corrected by both Cajungator and Rupert, but not a word from either of you about your mis-speaks.
--Dunbar
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Well to dwell on the aspirin analogy further, if you took an aspirin say this afternoon for a headache it would show up tomorrow in a blood test, however, would the effect of that aspirin be felt the next day? The answer is no, trust me, I have Bute in 3 forms at home, tablet, paste, and injectable. I have had to administer it for various illness and injuries, and even in the most painfull of incidences requiring the largest dose, the efficiency is considerably diminished after 8 to 12 hours. It's no big deal having Bute the day before a race, or ever for that matter, we're not talking snail venom here.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find a horse owner of any breed who doesn't have Bute in their tack rooms. It's like having Advil in our medicine cabinets.
I don't get why they even make a big deal over it, Lasix is FAR worse for a horse.