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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2023

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of orally administered acetaminophen (paracetamol) in adult horses with experimentally induced endotoxemia.

Melissa A Mercer, Jennifer L Davis, Harold C McKenzie, Kristen M Messenger, Emily Schaefer, R McAlister Council-Troche, Stephen R Werre

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Melissa A MercerDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-5547
Jennifer L DavisDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Harold C McKenzieDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Kristen M MessengerDepartment of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Emily SchaeferDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
R McAlister Council-TrocheDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Stephen R WerreDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · USNorth Carolina State University · US

Funding

Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Equine Research Competition
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcetaminophen has been evaluated in horses for treatment of musculoskeletal pain but not as an antipyretic.

objectivesTo determine the pharmacokinetics and efficacy of acetaminophen compared to placebo and flunixin meglumine in adult horses with experimentally induced endotoxemia. ANIMALS: Eight university owned research horses with experimentally induced endotoxemia.

methodsRandomized placebo controlled crossover study. Horses were treated with acetaminophen (30 mg/kg PO; APAP), flunixin meglumine (1.1 mg/kg, PO; FLU), and placebo (PO; PLAC) 2 hours after administration of LPS. Plasma APAP was analyzed via LC-MS/MS. Serial CBC, lactate, serum amyloid A, heart rate and rectal temperature were evaluated. Serum IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α were evaluated by an equine-specific multiplex assay.

resultsMean maximum plasma APAP concentration was 13.97 ± 2.74 μg/mL within 0.6 ± 0.3 hour after administration. At 4 and 6 hours after treatment, both APAP (P = <.001, P = .03, respectively) and FLU (P = .0045 and P < .001, respectively) had a significantly greater decrease in rectal temperature compared to placebo. FLU caused greater heart rate reduction than APAP at 4 and 6 hours (P = .004 and P = .04), and PLAC at 4 hours (P = .05) after treatment. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: The pharmacokinetics of acetaminophen in endotoxemic horses differ from those reported by previous studies in healthy horses. Acetaminophen is an option for antipyresis in clinical cases, particularly when administration of traditional NSAIDs is contraindicated.

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EndotoxemiaHorse DiseasesAcetaminophenAnimalsChromatography, LiquidCross-Over StudiesHorsesTandem Mass SpectrometryAcetaminophenacetaminophenfeverhorsepyrexia

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