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Old 04-23-2012, 10:17 PM
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1) You can get the same help from a nasal strip.
Nasal strips and lasix work in entirely different ways. Why do you think one is better than the other?

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2) Many horses don't need it.
What percentage of horses don't need lasix?

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3) It enhances performance. You may not like the proof, but I have given plenty, and it is legitimate. I'm sure you haven't bothered to check any of it out, but that doesn't make it less true.
Nope. Haven't read any furosemide research at all ...

Do tell me - how does lasix specifically enhance performance? What does it actually do to horses?

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Now, why again is 1) not enough besides silly answers like "it is tradition to drug horses" and "those darn nasal strips fall off"?

Please don't avoid the question again, just say I don't know or I give up if you can't answer with something that a kindergartner would laugh off.
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