Question on Meds

[jms62]

What does Adjunct mean?

[Princess Doreen]

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adjunct

[ateamstupid]

More specific, to Lasix Adjunct, from Dr. Scot Waterman in Bloodhorse:

Adjunct bleeder medications are a group of drugs that anecdotally are thought to benefit horses that "bleed through" furosemide. That is, horses who despite being on Lasix, for example, still experience exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH). We are currently funding research to determine whether these drugs are beneficial or not. Personally, in my own handicapping, I have not seen any substantial benefit to the form of the horse when on an adjunct so I tend to ignore the "A." Please draw your own conclusions when wagering your hard earned money, however!