From:
sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-10-04 04:25:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Need to increase Pred?
Call your vet and leave a message so that the vet can return your
call when there is a lull in the mad rush of patients. Our's have at
times given us a bumped-up dose number , or a change or
addition to meds to test based upon a phone description. Your
vet is the one who knows this individual and how the current
dosing relates to what the individual can handle. It's the middle
ground between going from advice of someone who doesn't
know this individual and going in to the office. Warp's Pred dose
got bumped up slightly twice that way; the vet gave us a first
change to try (to one of her daily two small doses) and told us to
try increasing both doses that by slight amount if that did not do
the trick; in her case she is NOT maxed-out in dosing so that
makes a difference in approach, too.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Marjorie <emaro@m...> wrote:
> Bogie was put on Pred about a yr. ago for insulanoma. I have
his bg tested
> by his vet and things are going well. The last test was done in
late Aug.
> and he is sceduled to be tested again in December. My
question is what are
> the signs (besides the bg test) that his dosage may need to be
increased?
> The last two weeks he has been lethargic (eat, sleep, eat,
sleep) and isn't
> showing interest in playing like he used to. I'm wondering if
this behavior
> is a sign that his bg level may be declining.
>
> I probably won't be able to see the vet til next week. So, in the
short
> term, should I increase his pred a little or just wait it out. I hate
for
> him to have a seizure.
>
> Thanks!
> Marjorie