Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has purchased anything from www.racehorsemeds.com? If so could you please let me know how your experience was. Are the products safe? fast turn around? Thanks. I appreciate the help
I have ordered banamine from them. Seems to work just fine no issues. Turnaround time was fairly good. I ordered and had stuff within 5 or 6 days. For most part I get meds from vet. One horse needs dexamethasone for heaves.
Iâve ordered omeprazole and Pentosan Plaitnum from them. Iâve been very happy with everything Iâve ordered. Good prices and ships quick.
Yep. Iâve ordered omeprazole and Gastrix + possibly a few other miscellaneous things. Their site will not win any UX awards but it seems secure and everything has always been delivered as promised!
I got Pentosan from them, and I received it promptly, but my mare had a significant reaction to the IM injection. Iâve been using Wedgewood Pentosan with no problems, and PentAussie prior to that with no issues. When I contacted RaceHorse/PreMed, they told me to use it IV to avoid reactions, and basically admitted they had had this complaint from several people. Well, there is no way I was going to use something IV that was vet indicated to use IM. No refund, no support, and after the initial contact, they wouldnât respond to me. So I wonât do business with them because of that experience.
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^^This. There are no guarantees with the online pharmacies that you are getting what you think you are getting.
"The FDA can object to the sale of compounded versions of prescription drugs sold by online retailers without prescriptions. In 2014, the agency issued a warning letter to Simon Jones of HorsePreRace, demanding that the website stop selling a list of so-called supplements âintended for use in the mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals, which makes them drugs.â Several, including omeprazole oral paste, flunixin, and toltrazuril paste, bear identical names to prescription drugs, though no prescription was required to order them. Furthermore, the FDA charged, HorsePreRace was mislabeling its products â a tube of omeprazole tested by the agency contained just 68.1 percent of the omeprazole claimed on the tube. Mislabeling of drugs is also considered a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
hose kinds of discrepancies with would-be prescriptions arenât unusual; a study of randomly-selected compounded drugs tested by the Missouri Board of Pharmacy found that about 20 percent of the products tested contained a drastically different amount (between 0 and 450 percent) of the active ingredient from what was advertised on their packaging. A University of California-Davis study found compounded clenbuterol that contained ten times its advertised concentration. A sample of triamcinolone acetal discovered in Minnesota boasted 6 mg/ml of the active ingredient on its bottle, but turned out to contain only .00828 mg/mlâŠ
If questionable contents and high-risk possession arenât worrisome enough for potential customers of web-based pharmacies, a quick search into the companiesâ identities should be. Attempts to name the proprietors of HorsePreRace and RacehorseMeds (their terms of service agreements imply they are or once were different tails in the same viperâs nest, although one associate denied any connection) lead the searcher down an online rabbit hole with more questions than answers.
The FDA warning letter to HorsePreRace was issued to a Mr. Simon Jones of 635 N. Orange Avenue in Orlando, Fla. The invalid mailing address would appear to occupy part of the parking lot of the Orlando Sentinel, where newsroom reporters told the Paulick Report they had never heard of the business. One of many phone numbers associated with HorsePreRace was at one time used in a telephone scam run by an entity called Centex Resources SA, in which a caller tried to convince people to buy into oil and gas investments but never delivered. Centex was alleged to be based out of Panama, where HorsePreRace and RacehorseMeds claim their websites are hosted, but the government of Panama said Centex was not authorized to operate there, and in fact, had no offices in Panama. Instead, the mailing address for HorsePreRace appears to be one obtained through a virtual office address system. (IP addresses for both sites suggest they originate in the United States).
Further examination into the ownership of RacehorseMeds leads to the physical address for the South Florida Trotting Center, where domain owner Frank Stefanizzi can be reached. Stefanizzi has spent his career in the harness racing industry as a sometimes-trainer/owner, sometimes-groom, according to his license applications. Requests by Stefanizzi for licensure in New York and Florida in 2010 were denied when he falsified information on his application by failing to disclose a lengthy history of arrests. When reached by the Paulick Report, Stefanizzi said he owns 99 percent of RacehorseMeds, which he founded with a pharmacist, and that the company is based in the United States. When queried about the origin of the products, the interview was discontinued due to a âpoor connection.â
The other identity associated with RacehorseMeds is Patrick Zarrelli, also known by his chosen moniker âKid Chronic.â In addition to his duties as a website builder and public relations manager, Zarrelli is a self-declared reputation manager via his company Dependable Website Management and admitted to doing search engine optimization work for RacehorseMedsâŠ
Email queries and phone messages to both companies about whether a veterinary license was required to order products or querying the âAsk a Veterinarianâ section of RacehorseMeds were unreturned.
It would seem the owners of HorsePreRace are hoping their identities and qualifications for selling equine drugs will also be nearly impossible to find."
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I know this is a bit old, but playing Devilâs advocate, the FDA is basically owned by big pharma. Theyâre going to try to squash anything that isnât making them money. I have ordered from racehorsemeds with absolutely no issue, and the product worked well.
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Iâve used them for Pentosan. And not had any problems, with orders or the product. I did read on anotherr thread that you might want to use two different needles, one to extract the Pentosan and one to inject. I think it was more because horses were having discoloration of fur at the injection sight, Since i have a Chestnut OTTB, I have injected this way and never seen any discoloration or other issues. I donât worry about it so much with the retired 25 Yr Old DWB since he is gray. though I of course use new needles for everyone.
I was skeptical that it was doing much, but the farrier noticed a huge difference to the point of thanking me fore buying him on shoe day. I told him that he wasnât on bute just the Pentosan. Didnât notice a huge difference on the OTTB, but he doesnât have the huge arthritic changes that are much more noticeable with the senior citizen.
