title: Evidence-based drug use in equine medicine and surgery.
abstract: The nature of the equine industry and equine veterinary medicine often requires veterinarians to prescribe drugs with little evidence for a drug's formulation safety or efficacy, or even assurance of the chemistry of the drug used. This means that equine veterinarians must remain skeptics and understand the limitations in their ability to attribute safety and efficacy to a particular drug or treatment. An evidence-based approach to pharmacology demands rigorous testing and an unbiased analysis of results.
authors.affiliation: Equine Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, CA 91766, USA. jbertone@westernu.edu <jbertone@westernu.edu>
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bertone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006736:Horses; D012449:Safety; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019155:Veterinary Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D019155:Veterinary Drugs