Cortisone
Medication Facts
- Performance enhancing
- Potentially
- Total hours to clear
- 504
- Frequently used
- Most Prescribed
- ESC ID
- CORTIS-0251
- Trade names
- Not recorded
- Drug type
- Corticosteroid
- Plasma half-life · hours
- Not Published
- Equine dosing
- Consult Veterinarian, consult a licensed veterinarian to discuss treatment options before combining with with corticosteroids or NSAIDS, caution using with other substances
- Cmax · peak plasma concentration
- 0.3 µg/mL
- Tmax · time to peak plasma concentration
- 3
- ESC concentration guidance
- 72 HR WD 1 mcg/mL, 7 Days undectectable
- Primary withdrawal · hours
- 72
- Washout withdrawal · hours
- 168
- ESC control type
- A1 - Generally Controlled - Therapeutic
- Medication report required
- Generally not required, however understand exceptions.
Uses & side effects
Product-specific side effects await source review.
Drug interactions
Corticosteroids in horses (e.g., dexamethasone, prednisolone) interact significantly with NSAIDs, increasing gastrointestinal ulceration risk. They also interact with diuretics (furosemide) causing severe potassium depletion, and with vaccines, as immune suppression reduces vaccine efficacy. Use caution with insulin, as steroids increase blood glucose and risk laminitis.