Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - MEDICATIONS, PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND TESTING › Section 017-11-4 - Permitted Substances

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Therapeutic
				Medications
Veterinarians may administer the following medications to
				  participating horses provided that, on any day for which the horse is entered
				  to race, the urine and/or blood concentrations are below the Maximum Allowable
				  Concentrations listed in the table below. Administration of medications not
				  described in this section is prohibited.
Therapeutic
								Medication
Maximum Allowable
								Concentration
Acepromazine
10 nanograms per milliliter as 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)
								promazine sulfoxide (HEPS) in urine
Albuterol
1 nanogram per milliliter of urine
Betamethasone
10 picograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Butorphanol
300 nanograms of total butorphanol in urine or 2
								nanograms of free butorphanol per milliliter of plasma or serum
Cetirzine
6 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Cimetidine
400 nanograms per milliliters of plasma or
								serum
Clenbuterol
140 picograms per milliliter or urine or Level of
								Detection in plasma or serum
Dantrolene
100 picograms per milliliter of 5-hydroxydantrolene
								in plasma or serum
Detomidine
2 nanograms per milliliter of carboxydetomidine in
								urine or 1 nanogram per milliliter in blood
Dexamethasone
5 picograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Diclofenac
5 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
10 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Firocoxib
20 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Flunixin
20 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Furosemide
100 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Glycopyrrolate
3 picograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Guaifenesin
12 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Isoflupredone
100 nanograms permilliliter of plasma or
								serum
Ketoprofen
2 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Lidocaine
20 picograms per milliliter of total 30H-lidocaine
								in plasma or serum
Mepivacaine
10 nanograms total hydroxymepivacaine per
								milliliter of urine or above the Level of Detection of mepivacaine in plasma or
								serum
Methocarbamol
1 nanogram per milliliter of plasma or
								blood
Methylprednisolone
100 picograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Omeprazole
Omeprazole sulfide - 10 nanograms per milliliter of
								plasma or serum
Phenylbutazone
5 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Prednisolone
1 nanogram per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Procaine penicillin (administration must be
								reported to the Commission)
25 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Ranitidine
40 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
Triamcinolone
100 picograms per milliter of plasma or
								serum
Xylazine
200 picograms per milliliter of plasma or
								serum
2.
Furosemide Program
A. Horses
				ineligible to participate in the Furosemide Program:
(1) Two year olds are not allowed on the
				Furosemide Program.
(2) Horses
				eligible to participate in the Maine Sire Stakes Program are not allowed on the
				Furosemide Program.