Discussion on DMSO as colic treatment
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Sandra Ross
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Username: sross
Post Number: 127
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Nov 26, 2007 - 4:02 pm: |   |
One of the horses at the boarding barn where my horse lives was recently at a vet clinic being treated for impaction colic. As part of his treatment, IV DMSO was administered. Upon his return, the entire barn reeked from the smell! I just read the article on DMSO but did not see anything that would explain the use of DMSO for impaction colic.
Why would DMSO be used to treat colic?
Has anyone else here used DMSO for colic treatment? |
Shirley Johnson
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Username: shirl
Post Number: 556
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Nov 26, 2007 - 5:44 pm: | |
Sandra, I've not witnessed it used for colic treatment, but a horse that "tied up" after extreme exercise had it administered on him. I'm not sure how, whether IV or intranasal, as I saw the vet carrying out a pail. However they did it the smell lasted for days. New to me also.
Shirl |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 19621
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007 - 7:48 am: | |
DMSO is a drug that some think has near magical antiinflammatory properties for treating traumatized or diseased tissue. The reality is that it has been much harder to demonstrate a benefit with its use but the news in not all negative. Though still considered experimental DMSO may decrease the swelling and inflammation and therefore reduce the injury to any tissue that goes through an episode of oxygen deprivation (ischemia). Experimentation in ischemic bowel disease models have recently been very encouraging.
As for simple medical colics or mild to moderately tied up horses I have not seen any information that might indicate its use but very severe tying up episodes can be difficult to manage with our current armament and could see trying DMSO in an effort to limit muscle damage. Whether it would do any good I don't know but doubt it would do harm.
DrO |
