Prednisone per os is likely to have limited efficacy in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-287

  Peroni, D L ^a   Stanley, S ^b   Kollias Baker, C ^b   Robinson, N E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal suppression; Bioavailability; Cortisol; Glucocorticoid; Half life; Horse; Hydrocortisone; Prednisolone; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HORSE; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; TABLET; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIVER; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036561126     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776186056     Document Type: Article

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