71 IAC 8-1-4.1 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

Sec. 4.1. (a) The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is governed by the following conditions: (1) NSAIDs included in the ARCI Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances and Recommended Penalties Model Rule Version 18.0 are not to be used in a way inconsistent with the restrictions contained in those guidelines. NSAIDs not included on the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses are not permitted to be present in a biological sample at a concentration that equals or exceeds the commission's official laboratory's limit of detection. (2) Biological samples may contain one (1) of the NSAIDs identified in the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses at a concentration up to the primary threshold indicated in the schedule. The presence of more than one (1) NSAID in blood or urine, or both, constitutes an NSAID stacking violation (Penalty Class B) in addition to the violation associated with the detection of each additional NSAID that exceeds the primary threshold. (b) NSAIDs may not be administered to a horse entered to race within forty-eight (48) hours of the scheduled post-time of the race in which it is entered. (c) A horse to which an NSAID has been administered shall be subject to having a blood or urine sample, or both, taken at the direction of the official veterinarian to determine the quantitative NSAID level or the presence of other drugs, or both, which may be present in the blood or urine sample or samples.