That mainly applies to broken bones, specifically broken legs. If they break an ankle, then there really isnt any saving them. That ankle will never heal, because horses are stupid and will refuse to stop running on it.
When it comes to other things, infections, surgery, medicines for various diseases, treatments for common skin diseases, these things are not the same as a broken leg. I mean, during covid, some people literally started taking horse de-wormer medication as a way to treat covid... dont ask me why, it's stupid.
TL;DR it is more correct to say that a horse that cannot walk is a dead horse.
Fractures to the sesamoid can often be fixed surgically depending on the type, some horses even return to racing after. A condylar fracture can be fixed nicely with screws and that ankle will be stronger than before. It's fractures of the long bones that are the worst.
For the record- that dewormer isnt specific to horses. It's actually a medicine fda approved and often used on people needing it. Trying to use it for covid is mentally unstable behavior, but it would work well for people as a dewormer.
Just because something can be used for a horse doesn’t preclude it from being used in humans (from what I’ve heard ketamine was for horses and some humans LOVE it).
Ivermectin won a Nobel prize iirc for its use in humans and saved a lot of people from going blind and from dying? (It’s been a while since I deep dived this)
Ketamine is used on horses but it was not originally made for them, no. It was always intended to be a safer anaesthetic for humans first and foremost. It’s a crazy safe anaesthetic, too. First choice for a lot of pediatric surgeries to the point that if you had your tonsils out as a kid, you almost certainly were just given straight up ketamine as your anaesthetic. It’s used so much in veterinary medicine and field medicine because it doesn’t require intubation and leaves the airways intact, so if you have a badly injured animal offsite, you can just jab it with ketamine, knock it out pretty much immediately, and get to work on treatment or stabilising without having to get to a surgical suite.
The horse tranquiliser association has given ketamine this outsized reputation. It’s a safe, effective anaesthetic that is also an extremely powerful antidepressant that can literally cure suicidal ideation overnight.
Ivermectin was also not originally made for horses either? That’s kind of my point :)
And my kids had his adenoids out thrice (I know, how fun) and a couple other things and he gets fentanyl and it’s always so disconcerting thinking about your kid on these ‘street’ drugs before you remember they were invented for medicine not for getting high.
I’m only responding to the part where you said ketamine was for horses, which is not the case. I had no idea you could have adenoids out more than once!! Do they grow back???
I was a bit shocked myself when I had jaw surgery, and the second I woke up they were like “we are giving you so much fentanyl, you do NOT want that pain to break through. if you need more, tell us immediately” but yeah, it is just a very powerful anaesthetic at the end of the day. And I’m glad it exists
Yeahhhh we have a familial history on both sides of adenoid issues so first time out was 18 months then 4 ish and last time he was 9 ish and they haven’t come back since so we’re golden now! Verrrrry rare to have to do it again but usually they don’t get taken out before 5 ish.
Prevented blindness, yes. It does. I don’t think it treats it though?
And just saying it was made for human consumption and is now used on horses. It’s a lot more logical to ingest ivermectin for covid than bleach as an elected official has suggested 😂
I dont disagree that that is more logical, but that's a really low bar to clear. At that point you may as well just start doing heroine to treat your covid. I mean, either way it ain't gonna work, but atleast with heroin you'll feel good while you destroy your own body.
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u/SmartRefrigerator751 Jun 19 '26
That mainly applies to broken bones, specifically broken legs. If they break an ankle, then there really isnt any saving them. That ankle will never heal, because horses are stupid and will refuse to stop running on it.
When it comes to other things, infections, surgery, medicines for various diseases, treatments for common skin diseases, these things are not the same as a broken leg. I mean, during covid, some people literally started taking horse de-wormer medication as a way to treat covid... dont ask me why, it's stupid.
TL;DR it is more correct to say that a horse that cannot walk is a dead horse.