LETS TALK ABOUT NITROFURAZONE!!!

Nitrofurazone was my second best buddy when I was at the racetrack and training my thoroughbreds.  The sweats that utilized this neon yellow concoction, the mixes you could come up with were countless.  We have been utilizing furazone for many, many years and it has proven to be the top topical and tool that us racehorse trainers could get our hands on and the tack stores were always in great supply of the "yellow goo" that many of us know all too well.

Then a few years ago there came this news medial concern that this yellow friend of ours could possibly be a cancer causing material.  It was known to cause cancer in lab rats and that kind of blew my mind because as far as I was concerned, I had exposure that you couldn't even measure.  I never used gloves and if I had to...why in the world would I want to put that on my horses?  I have always felt guilty using things on my animals that were not safe for me to be in contact with....my horses were living breathing, God made creatures and I felt that they too since being so exposed have the risk of developing cancer. 

I still use this yellow ointment today, and I do not cover myself in a paper suit to be in contact with it.  I guess maybe I am not as smart as I could be given the evidence that they just released very recently  and  wanted the world of horses to know.... and I just had CANCER surgery..maybe this little yellow friend of mine is the culprit...who knows.

But at any rate...it is totally up to you to heed the warnings of whoever delivers such bad news after the fact.  I tend to use the spray avenue of this yellow common.  Less of me touches it and it tends to not drag up so much dirt and germs while the healing is taking place.  That's my advice...The spray furizone is my best bet nowadays..it works as far as I am concerned.

Now..here is the catch and something that you need to know...No ointment, spray or liquid should be expected to  prevent the growth of bacteria completely. So I guess it does not matter what you use...take your pic there are too many available products that make a claim and most do what is expected on a  reasonable level..

But....here is the most important issue.  If there is the presence of blood. plasma, or pus, using furizone or any of the similar products are counterproductive.  If  using the ointment, it produces a moist environment and therefore making a good place for bacteria to continue doing what it does best no matter what you use.....grow.  

The key to using products for wound treatment is to first make it clean by using other products more compatible for the situation...iodine spray, my other best friend, hell you have to realize they still use that brown crap in the operating rooms,...so in my book...still the ultimate best stuff to combat initial wound treatment.  After you have the wound in control and you don't see the pus, blood, excessive leakage, the application of the wound treatment of your choice is now advisable.

When horse products are used within their limits of application and understood how they work, you get results.  These products are useful and  need to be used. They have a place in  in every tack room of a horse establishment....

Cancer????hmmmm ....debatable but also...somewhat proven but under what conditions did the cancer develop??? 

Thanks for stopping in and I still use my "yellow buddy",  and it works.