From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-07-14 19:03:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] RE: Helicobacter treatment
AFERRETVET@c... wrote:
>
> Awhile back someone asked about how to treat
> Helicobacter and ulcers in ferrets. There are 2 common
> protocols. The first one is the "triple therapy". This means
> giving 1)amoxicillin (30mg/kg), 2)metronidazole (Flagyl 20mg/kg),
> and 3)bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol 17.5mg/kg) 3 times
> a day for 3-4 weeks. The newer protocol is to give 1)clarithromycin
> (Biaxin 25mg/kg) and 2) ranitidine bismuth (Tritec 24mg/kg) 3 times
> a day for 2 weeks. Ranitidine is the same thing as Zantac, and
> bismuth is similiar to Pepto-Bismol. (Thus Tritec is sort of Zantac
> and Pepto in one medicine. Plus it also has citrate in it.)
I'm a bit confused. Both Dr. Purcell"s book and Dr. James Fox's book
give the new theraphy as Amoxicillin, Biaxin and Carafate. I have read
that it takes two antibiotics because if just one is given the
helicobacter rapidly develops an immunity. That is the new standard of
treatment in humans now.
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