Franck's Pharmacy may have given horses incorrect supplement

The twenty-one horses that died over the weekend just minutes before they were due to compete in a polo match may have been due to an incorrect supplement that was prepared by a Florida pharmacy.

Jennifer Beckett of Franck's Pharmacy in Florida say that when the business conducted an investigation they found that the strength of one of the ingredients was incorrect. It is not known what the ingredient was at this time.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting an investigation into the deaths of the twenty-one Venezuelan-owned Lechuza polo team who fell to the ground just before the opening of the U.S Open polo match at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington.

Lechuza has made a statement declaring that the prescription was made to be similar to Biodyl, which is a French supplement of vitamins and minerals and is not approved for sale in the U.S.

Biodyl contains vitamin B12, sodium selenite, and other minerals. It can be given to horses in France to help them cope with exhuastion.
According to the FDA, there are only a few instances that companies can alter a drug to be made legal in the U.S.

Necropsies of the horses found that they had internal bleeding, some of them in the lungs, but the exact cause of death has not been released yet.

It is not yet known if Franck's Pharmacy broke the law, but they could be facing serious charges if they are charged with doing so.