From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2002-12-13 17:12:14 UTC
Subject: Re: Adminisering Medication
To: diddy1@adelphia.net, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <a05200f01ba1fc3e1385d@[10.0.1.4]>
Pharmacists are THE experts on the nuances of medications. Some meds
can't be given with oils; some can't be given with water. Meds that
have a serration line can be cut into pieces with reasonable
assurance that the dose amounts are always the same, but meds without
such lines need to instead be powdered and divided.
What will help you will be to have those two meds compounded by a
pharmacist. It may be that your pharmacist does that or that your
vet has a compounding pharmacist already.
One very useful resource, especially since many of them to ship, is
the list of compounding pharmacists which can be found in the
Reference Shelf within the Files section at the Ferret Health List
Site.
Go to:
http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/ferrethealth/ReferenceShelf/comp_pharm.html
It's one of keep in your favorite sites bookmarks!