Contraindications

Restricted Medications & Medical Conditions for HBOT: 

There are several medications that will preclude your horse from undergoing a HBOT session. If your horse is being treated with or has recently been treated with any of the following medications your horse will not be able to be treated with HBOT until the drug is no longer in your horse’s system:

Cis platinum

Disulfiram

Doxorubicin

Mafenide acetate

Opiates

In addition, there are a few conditions in which HBOT is not recommended until the condition is treated or resolved.  These conditions include:

Untreated pneumothorax

Tension pneumothorax

Strangles

Fever

Seizure disorders

Viral infections

Optic neuritis

Scouring/ diarrhea

Chronic emphysema with CO2 retention

History of the following:

Guttural pouch disease

Eustachian tube disease

Spontaneous pneumothorax

Thoracic surgery