Message Number: YG4616 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Mike Janke
Date: 2001-06-16 19:05:00 UTC
Subject: Re: diazoxide and proglycem-same thing?

Yes, Proglycem is a brand name of Diazoxide, 50mg/ml.

Mike



--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., eander6363@y... wrote:
>
> Hello, I just took Stinky in for his BG test this morning after
> being on Pediapred for two weeks and his level has only gone from
2.3
> to 2.6. Not very good. But he is a lot more active. The vet says
> she wants to put him on Diazoxide but she can't get it here and is
> having it courriered from Toronto. I live in Vancouver. That
seems
> odd to me. Anyway I was wondering if Proglycem is the same thing
and
> maybe she just doesn't know it by that name and maybe we could find
> it here. From the posts i've read it's really expensive and adding
> courrier costs isn't going to help. Any information would be
greatly
> appreciated. Thank you Ellen