Fluocinolone
Medication Facts
- Performance enhancing
- Potentially. Single use provides therapeutic value. May enhance performance and/or significantly increase health risks when combined.
- Total hours to clear
- 504
- Frequently used
- N/A
- ESC ID
- FLUOCI-0407
- Trade names
- Not recorded
- Drug type
- Corticosteroid
- Plasma half-life · hours
- 2
- Equine dosing
- Consult veterinarian
- Cmax · peak plasma concentration
- 2
- Tmax · time to peak plasma concentration
- 2
- ESC concentration guidance
- Lowest Dectable Level (LDL) 0.05 mg/mL or 50 picograms per mL
- Primary withdrawal · hours
- 72
- Washout withdrawal · hours
- 168
- ESC control type
- B1 - Strictly Controlled - Conditionally PE
- Medication report required
- MED REPORT REQUIRED
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.